Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2023
Abstract
To assess the utilization of the heart failure clinic at one health system, an evaluation will be conducted of the primary patient management of heart failure by the clinic, cardiologist, or primary care provider. Heart failure clinics have been instituted to provide quality education to patients which require in depth teaching to care for themselves appropriately at home. The education that patients receive regarding heart failure allows a patient to provide self-efficacious self-care. Patients’ subjective treatment outcomes will be assessed with the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire and identification of their primary source of education and treatment. Patients to be included will be selected from a cohort scheduled for a left heart catheterization with a previous diagnosis of heart failure. Primary care and cardiologists will be provided a questionnaire identifying their management of heart failure and propensity to refer to the heart failure clinic. Comparisons will be made regarding the patient’s subjective assessment within each provider category, as well as including data for 30-day readmission related to heart failure within the last year. Results will attempt to identify strengths and weaknesses in education provided in each setting and patient subjective assessment related to the management of heart failure. Should patients’ subjective assessments provide data identifying a singular source of management as superior, recommendations will be made to incorporate this into the standard of care for this system when managing heart failure.
Recommended Citation
Furing, Charla, "Utilization of a Heart Failure Clinic in Rural Missouri" (2023). Posters. 5.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/posters_2023/5
