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The Impact of a Mobile App on Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation and Understanding Barriers to Success: Comparative Cohort Study by Rivers, John T, Smith, Carla, Smith, Ian, Cameron, James

“…Poor patient uptake of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) remains a challenge for multiple reasons including geographic, time, cultural, cost, and psychological…”
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Performance Monitoring in Cardiac Surgery: Application of Statistical Process Control to a Single-site Database by Smith, Ian R., MAppSc, Gardner, Michael A., FRACS, Garlick, Bruce, FRACS, Brighouse, Russell D., MBA, Cameron, James, FRACP, FCSANZ, Lavercombe, Peter S., FRACP, Mengersen, Kerrie, PhD, Foster, Kelley A., PhD, Rivers, John T., FRACP, FCSANZ

“…Background Graphical Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools have been shown to promptly identify significant variations in clinical outcomes in a range of…”
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Use of Graphical Statistical Process Control Tools to Monitor and Improve Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery by Smith, Ian R., MAppSc, Garlick, Bruce, FRACS, Gardner, Michael A., FRACS, Brighouse, Russell D., MBA, Foster, Kelley A., PhD, Rivers, John T., FRACP

“…Background Graphical Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools have been shown to promptly identify significant variations in clinical outcomes in a range of…”
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Measures of Radiation Exposure in Cardiac Imaging and the Impact of Case Complexity by Smith, Ian R., MAppSc, Rivers, John T., FRACP

“…Background Although it is important for a patient's radiation related risks to be considered when recommending a cardiac imaging procedure, few clinicians…”
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Risk Modelling in Quality Clinical Registries: Monitoring Lesion Treatment Failure Rate in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions by Smith, Ian R., MAppSc, Cameron, James, FRACP, Mengersen, Kerrie L., PhD, Foster, Kelley A., PhD, Rivers, John T., FRACP

“…Aims This paper describes the development of a risk adjustment (RA) model predictive of individual lesion treatment failure in percutaneous coronary…”
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Reassessment of Radiation Risks from Electrophysiology Procedures Compared to Coronary Angiography by Smith, Ian R., MAppSc, Rivers, John T., FRACP, Hayes, John, FRACP, Stafford, Wayne, FRACP, Codd, Catrina, MPH

“…Background Electrophysiology (EP) procedures have been reported to carry a significantly greater radiation risk than that of coronary angiography (CA). This is…”
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Radiation risk reduction in cardiac electrophysiology through use of a gridless imaging technique by Smith, Ian R, Stafford, Wayne J, Hayes, John R, Adsett, Michael C, Dauber, Kieran M, Rivers, John T

“…It has been previously demonstrated that use of appropriate frame rates coupled with minimal use of high-dose digital acquisition can limit radiation risk to…”
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Performance monitoring in interventional cardiology: application of statistical process control to a single-site database by SMITH, Ian R, RIVERS, John T, MENGERSEN, Kerrie L, CAMERON, James

“…Graphical Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools have been shown to promptly identify significant variations in clinical outcomes in a range of health care…”
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The role of quantitative feedback in coronary angiography radiation reduction by SMITH, IAN R., FOSTER, KELLEY A., BRIGHOUSE, RUSSELL D., CAMERON, JAMES, RIVERS, JOHN T.

“…Objective. To evaluate the benefits of radiation education with and without feedback reporting in altering clinician radiation use behaviour in performing…”
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Impact of quantitative feedback and benchmark selection on radiation use by cardiologists performing cardiac angiography by Smith, Ian R, Cameron, James, Brighouse, Russell D, Ryan, Claire M, Foster, Kelley A, Rivers, John T

“…Audit of and feedback on both group and individual data provided immediately after the point of care and compared with realistic benchmarks of excellence have…”
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Effect of intravenous streptokinase as compared with that of tissue plasminogen activator on left ventricular function after first myocardial infarction by White, H D, Rivers, J T, Maslowski, A H, Ormiston, J A, Takayama, M, Hart, H H, Sharpe, D N, Whitlock, R M, Norris, R M

“…In a double-blind trial comparing two thrombolytic agents as treatment for acute myocardial infarction, we randomized 270 consecutive patients an average (+/-…”
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Reinfarction after thrombölytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction followed by conservative management: Incidence and effect of smoking by Rivers, John T., White, Harvey D., Cross, David B., Williams, Barbara F., Norris, Robin M.

“…A group of 456 consecutive patients seen ≤ 6 h after the onset of acute myocardial infarction associated with ST segment elevation received thrombolytic…”
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