Transitional care interventions to prevent readmissions for persons with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Feltner, CD Jones, CW Cené, ZJ Zheng… - Annals of internal …, 2014 - acpjournals.org
Background: Nearly 25% of patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF) are readmitted
within 30 days. Purpose: To assess the efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and harms of …

Structured telephone support or non‐invasive telemonitoring for patients with heart failure

SC Inglis, RA Clark, R Dierckx… - Cochrane Database …, 2015 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Specialised disease management programmes for heart failure aim to improve
care, clinical outcomes and/or reduce healthcare utilisation. Since the last version of this …

2017 Comprehensive update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines for the management of heart failure

JA Ezekowitz, E O'Meara, MA McDonald… - Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the inception of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society heart failure (HF) guidelines in
2006, much has changed in the care for patients with HF. Over the past decade, the HF …

Comparative effectiveness of transitional care services in patients discharged from the hospital with heart failure: a systematic review and network meta‐analysis

HGC Van Spall, T Rahman, O Mytton… - European journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To compare the effectiveness of transitional care services in decreasing all‐cause
death and all‐cause readmissions following hospitalization for heart failure (HF). Methods …

Improving care for patients with acute heart failure: before, during and after hospitalization

MR Cowie, SD Anker, JGF Cleland, GM Felker… - ESC heart …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Acute heart failure (AHF) is a common and serious condition that contributes to about 5% of
all emergency hospital admissions in Europe and the USA. Here, we present the …

Randomized controlled trial of an implantable continuous hemodynamic monitor in patients with advanced heart failure: the COMPASS-HF study

RC Bourge, WT Abraham, PB Adamson… - Journal of the American …, 2008 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine whether a heart failure (HF)
management strategy using continuous intracardiac pressure monitoring could decrease HF …

Successful Models of Comprehensive Care for Older Adults with Chronic Conditions: Evidence for the Institute of Medicine's “Retooling for an Aging America” Report …

C Boult, AF Green, LB Boult, JT Pacala… - Journal of the …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The quality of chronic care in America is low, and the cost is high. To help inform efforts to
overhaul the ailing US healthcare system, including those related to the “medical home,” …

Care gaps in adherence to heart failure guidelines: clinical inertia or physiological limitations?

M Jarjour, C Henri, S de Denus, A Fortier… - Heart Failure, 2020 - jacc.org
Objectives This study evaluated the impact of clinical and physiological factors limiting
treatment optimization toward recommended medical therapy in heart failure (HF) …

Disease management interventions for heart failure

A Takeda, N Martin, RS Taylor… - Cochrane Database of …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Despite advances in treatment, the increasing and ageing population makes
heart failure an important cause of morbidity and death worldwide. It is associated with high …

Impact of transitional care services for chronically ill older patients: a systematic evidence review

M Le Berre, G Maimon, N Sourial… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Transitions in care from hospital to primary care for older patients with chronic diseases (CD)
are complex and lead to increased mortality and service use. In response to these …