Science News for
QCOR 2016 Scientific Sessions
Quality of Care and Outcomes Research
Feb. 28 – March 1, 2016
Hyatt Regency | Phoenix, AZ
Welcome to #QCOR16
Mark Creager, MD, president of the American Heart Association, and Mikhail Kosiborod, chair of the program committee, welcome viewers to QCOR 2016 and provide an overview of some of the highlights that will take place during the meeting.
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Plenary.PS.02.Trials on Trial: What Can Be Done to Sustain and Preserve RCTs in the Future
Improving Randomized Control Trials
Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, QCOR 2016 program committee chair, and Adrian Hernandez, MD, vice-chair review the science presented in plenary session 1, "Trials on Trial: What Can Be Done to Sustain and Preserve RCTs in the Future?"
KISS Principle for Trials - Keep It Large and Simple
Robert Harrington | Stanford University, Stanford, CA
AOS.01-Abstract Oral Session: QCOR 2016 Young Investigator Award Candidates
QCOR 2016 Young Investigator Award Winner Jason Wasfy
Suzanne Arnold, MD, chair of the Young Clinicians and Investigators Committee for QCOR 2016, interviews the 2016 Young Investigator Award Winner Jason Wasfy, MD about his study, "Impact of Financial Penalties in Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reductions Program."
WINNER Impact of Financial Penalties in Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reductions Program
Jason H Wasfy | Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MAEffect of Under-recognition on Angina Treatment in Stable Ischemic Heart Disease in Cardiology Outpatients: Seeing Eye to Eye is Key
Mohammed Qintar | Saint Lukes Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Anticoagulant Therapy With Warfarin, Dabigatran, Apixaban, or Rivaroxaban in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
Gboyega Adeboyeje | HealthCore, Inc., Wilmington, DE
Patient Satisfaction and Healthcare Service Utilization Following Premature Acute Coronary Syndrome
Marisa Okano | McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Trends in Hospitalization Rates and Mortality for Acute Myocardial Infarction by Community Income Level: 1999-2013
Erica S Spatz, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Plenary.03 Your Money or Your Life: Are High-Cost Drugs Worth the Price?
Are High-Cost Drugs Worth the Price?
Karen Joynt, MD and David Cohen, MD provide a brief recap of plenary session III, "Your Money or Your Life: Are High-Cost Drugs Worth the Price?" which they moderated during QCOR 2016.
Tuesday, March 1
PS.04-The Quantitated Self
The Quanititated Self
Adrian Hernandez, MD and John Spertus, MD provide a recap of some of the science that was presented for Plenary Session IV, "The Quantitated Self," which they moderated Tuesday morning.
AOS.04-Abstract Oral Session
Dying With a Left Ventricular Assist Device as Destination Therapy
Shannon M Dunlay | Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN
Impact of CHA2DS2-VASc Risk Factors on Anticoagulant Prescription in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Insights From the NCDR® PINNACLE Registry
Lauren E Thompson | University of Colorado, Denver, CO
