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Transitions Home For Patients With Heart Failure: A Pilot Program At A Critical Access Hospital, Rita M. Willey
Transitions Home For Patients With Heart Failure: A Pilot Program At A Critical Access Hospital, Rita M. Willey
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Background: Heart Failure (HF) disease management programs (DMP) have shown to improve outcomes. The aim of this heart failure pilot program is an evaluation program. Measurement of functional capacity utilized the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) questionnaire. Since the DASI uses the patient’s ability to perform a set of common activities of daily living to gauge functional capacity based on the known metabolic cost of each activity in MET units, it is thought to be well suited for population studies in which assessment of functional capacity during follow-up is needed.
Setting: Rural Critical Access Hospital (CAH) with outpatient cardiology services. …