Implementation of a Patient Navigator Program to Reduce 30-day Heart Failure Readmission Rate

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 259-266

  Di Palo, Katherine E ^a   Patel, Khusbu ^b   Assafin, Manaf ^a   Piña, Ileana L ^c  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

30 Day readmissions; Heart failure; Nurse; Pharmacist

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CAREGIVER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-10; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHARMACIST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CARE; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PHARMACISTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85028467351     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2017.07.004     Document Type: Review

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