Use of a new, simple and inexpensive checklist appears to drastically lower the likelihood of heart failure patient readmission and improve quality of care when used before patients leave the hospital ...

According to research presented last week at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scientific Session, the likelihood of heart failure patient readmission can be drastically lowered when ...

TMF Health Quality Institute, Texas’ quality improvement organization, offers free acute myocardial infarction and heart failure discharge checklists to ensure the proper clinical processes and ...

CHICAGO – Two initiatives that could drastically lower the likelihood of heart failure patient readmissions were presented in March at the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) 61st Annual Scientific ...

heart failure A one-point increase in the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 checklist correlated to a 23% lower risk of developing heart failure. Middle-aged adults who achieve a good score ...

LifeWings Partners has made a free Failure Recovery Tool available online to help clinicians know what steps to take when they fail to meet a patient safety protocol. According to LifeWings CEO Steve ...

An old-fashioned checklist has the potential to keep patients with heart failure out of the hospital—and save Medicare billions of dollars, a small new study suggests. The checklist aims to help ...

CHICAGO -- Use of a new, simple and inexpensive checklist appears to drastically lower the likelihood of heart failure patient readmission and improve quality of care when used before patients leave ...