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The Effect Of Standardized Patient Education On 30-Day Hospital Readmissions For Heart Failure Patients In The Outpatient Setting, Lurie Dimalanta

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Problem: Heart failure (HF) is the second leading condition of hospital readmissions. Evidence shows that patient education on self-care and disease management can help reduce and prevent 30-day hospital readmissions. Registered nurse case managers (RN CMs) can help improve patients' ability to self-manage their condition and prevent 30-day hospital readmissions by applying a standard approach to patient education.

Context: The Integrated Care Management (ICM) is an outpatient department that provides post-discharge patient calls. The ICM RN CMs utilized various HF patient education tools for patient teaching. The organization’s HF task force developed health-literate patient resources to be used …