David W. Baker

TL;DR: Interventions such as computer-generated summaries and standardized formats may facilitate more timely transfer of pertinent patient information to primary care physicians and make discharge summaries more consistently available during follow-up care.

TL;DR: The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) first published guidelines for the evaluation and management of heart failure (HF) in 1995, and since that time, a great deal of progress has been made in the development of both pharmacological and nonpharmacological approaches to treatment for this common, costly, disabling, and generally fatal disorder.

TL;DR: In the United States, nearly 5 million patients in this country have heart failure, and nearly 500,000 patients are diagnosed with heart failure for the first time each year as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: Heart failure is a syndrome characterized by high mortality, frequent hospitalization, reduced quality of life, and a complex therapeutic regimen that makes HF an ideal candidate for practice guidelines.

TL;DR: In this large community-wide study of stroke outcomes, pneumonia conferred a threefold increased risk of 30-day death, adding impetus to efforts to identify and reduce the risk of pneumonia in patients with stroke.