Heart failure: Improving the continuum of care

Care Management Journals

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 58-63

  Kay, Dana ^a   Blue, Andrienne ^a   Pye, Patricia ^b   Lacy, Adria ^b   Gray, Catherine ^b   Moore, Stephen ^c  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LEVINE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Inova Heath System   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Outcomes; Process improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748920912     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/cmaj.7.2.58     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. The Advisory Board Company: Cardiovascular Roundtable. (2000). CHF disease management: Hospital-sponsored initiatives to enhance clinical care. Washington, DC: Author.
2. Hunt, S. A., Abraham, W. T., Chin, M. H., Feldman, A. M., Francis, G. S., Ganiats, T. G., et al. (2005). ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline update for the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure in the adult: Summary Article: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation, 46, 1116-1143.