Impact of a model of care for heart failure in-patients to reduce variation in care: a quality improvement project.
Ingrid HopperKellie EastonIllona BaderJames CampbellLucy BusijaPeter MarkeyPeter BerginDavid KayePublished in: Internal medicine journal (2021)
This model of care resulted in overall trends of reductions in 30- and 90-day readmissions, without increasing emergency department representations, mortality and length of stay. This model will be adapted as the electronic medical record is introduced at our institution.
Keyphrases
- quality improvement
- emergency department
- healthcare
- heart failure
- palliative care
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- pain management
- chronic kidney disease
- affordable care act
- left ventricular
- working memory
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- risk factors
- patient reported outcomes
- chronic pain