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Transition Of Care Guideline For Reducing Heart Failure Hospital Readmission, Geeti Farrahi
Transition Of Care Guideline For Reducing Heart Failure Hospital Readmission, Geeti Farrahi
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Heart failure (HF) patients are among the populations with the highest rates of hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge. Because of the 2010 Health Care Reform legislation, healthcare organizations are subject to financial penalty when a patient population exhibits excess readmissions. A significant reason for readmission of HF patients is a gap in the transition of care from hospital to home. The purpose of this doctoral project was to develop a practice guideline of best practices for transitioning HF patients from hospital to home. The transitional care model and care transitions intervention provided the theoretical underpinnings for developing this …
Teaching Heart Failure Patients A Low-Sodium Diet, Karen Faye Wright
Teaching Heart Failure Patients A Low-Sodium Diet, Karen Faye Wright
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a progressive medical condition affecting more than 7 million people in the United States (US) with 700,000 new cases reported annually. More than half of those treated for CHF are readmitted at least once a year. The problem addressed by this quality improvement initiative was lack of adherence to low sodium diet (LSD) among CHF patients, knowledge and skill deficit, and excessive 30-day CHF readmissions. The health belief model and the self-care deficit theory guide nurses in acquiring the skills needed to teach LSD. Twelve months of data were selected from 93 CHF readmissions from …
Incorporating Technology To Decrease Heart Failure Readmission Rates, Vernell Thames
Incorporating Technology To Decrease Heart Failure Readmission Rates, Vernell Thames
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The rate of hospital readmissions within 30 days of discharge of heart failure (HF) patients affects patient outcomes, the financial stability of the health care facility, and the economy. Hospitals focus on strategies that will decrease the HF readmission rates by cultivating evidence-based interventions that improve patients' transition from the hospital to the community, including promoting self-management of their condition. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to develop, implement, and evaluate the use of health information technology along with written forms of plans of care to assist HF patients in managing their care, divert the HF patients to …