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Ten hospitals with racially and ethnically diverse patient populations participated in Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation aimed at improving quality of cardiac care while reducing racial, ethnic and language disparities. All 10 hospitals improved the quality of care being provided to their heart failure and heart attack patients.
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Publication date:
July 17, 2008
Summary:
Hundreds of research studies have documented that patients from certain racial and ethnic groups are more likely to receive lower quality health care. These gaps in treatment, commonly referred to as racial and ethnic disparities, persist across a range...
Evaluation of Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care
Publication date:
February 2006
Summary:
Expecting Success is an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) aimed at improving cardiac care for racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States. Led by John Billings,...
Race/Ethnicity and Patient Confidence to Self-Manage Cardiovascular Disease
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Blustein J, Valentine M, Mead H and Regenstein M
Publication date:
September 2008
Summary:
This study examines associations between race/ethnicity and other characteristics that determine confidence levels related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) self management. Minority cardiac patients have lower levels of confidence in their ability to self-manage CVD...
Expecting Success Program Achievements Video
Publication date:
October 23, 2008
Summary:
This video highlights the Expecting Success program and the success hospitals achieved in improving the care provided to their heart failure and heart attack patients.
Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care Results from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Quality Improvement Collaborative
Publication date:
November 19, 2008
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Read the final report from the 10 Expecting Success hospitals, a pilot focused on the continuum of cardiovascular care for African-American and Hispanic patients with acute myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure.
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