Priorities for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research: A Report of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Centers
Prateeti Khazanie1, Harlan M Krumholz2, Catarina I Kiefe2
1From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (P.K.); Department of Medicine, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (T.K.W., E.D.P.); Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.M.K.); Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale New Haven Health, CT (H.M.K.); Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester (C.I.K.); Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston University School of Medicine (N.R.K.); and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (B.W.). prateeti.khazanie@ucdenver.edu.
Abstract:
The Centers for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (CCORs) held a meeting to review how cardiovascular outcomes research had evolved in the decade since the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 2004 working group report and to consider future directions. The conference involved representatives from governmental agencies, outcomes research thought leaders, and public and private healthcare partners. The main purposes of this meeting were to (1) advance collaborative high-yield, high-impact outcomes research; (2) identify priorities and barriers to important cardiovascular outcomes research; and (3) define future needs for the field. This report highlights the key topics covered during the meeting, including an examination of the recent history of outcomes research, an evaluation of the current academic climate, and a vision for the future of cardiovascular outcomes research.
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