Optimizing cardiovascular risk assessment and registration in a developing cardiovascular learning health care system: Women benefit most.

ABSTRACT: Since 2015 we organized a uniform, structured collection of a fixed set of cardiovascular risk factors according the (inter)national guidelines on cardiovascular risk management. We evaluated the current state of a developing cardiovascular towards learning healthcare system-the Utrecht Cardiovascular Cohort Cardiovascular Risk Management (UCC-CVRM)-and its potential effect on guideline adherence in cardiovascular risk management. We conducted a before-after study comparing data from patients included in UCC-CVRM (2015-2018) and patients treated in our center before UCC-CVRM (2013-2015) who would have been eligible for UCC-CVRM using the Utrecht Patient Oriented Database (UPOD). Proportions of cardiovascular risk factor measurement before and after UCC-CVRM initiation were compared, as wer

SUBMITTER: Groenhof TKJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9931327 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature