Applying Evidence-based Guidelines to Reduce Hospitalizations and Readmissions for Chronic Heart Failure

Applying Evidence-Based Guidelines to Reduce Hospitalizations and Readmissions for Chronic Heart Failure
 

Release Date: January 31, 2019

Last Reviewed: January 31, 2019

Expiration Date: January 31, 2020

*This activity expired for credit on January 31, 2020 and is no longer available for credit



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Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Director, Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure

Advanced Heart Disease Section

Cardiovascular Division

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

 

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Director, Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure

Advanced Heart Disease Section

Cardiovascular Division

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

 

Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology

Department of Medicine

Division of Cardiology

UNC School of Medicine

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

 

Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine

Executive Director, Hospitalist Program

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA

 

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of cardiologists, hospitalists, and pharmacists. It may also be of benefit to primary care physicians and other healthcare providers who treat chronic heart failure (CHF).

Attaining improved readmission and mortality outcomes for patients with CHF continues to challenge hospital clinicians. Despite the establishment of evidence-based treatment guidelines, use of recommended, life-saving, hospitalization-reducing CHF medications has been historically suboptimal. Novel therapies that have recently entered the arena are included in current guidelines, but many clinicians are not up to date with the latest guidelines or best practices for incorporating these novel therapies into regimens for patients with CHF.       

 

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Grant/Research Support: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
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