Erschienen in:
24.09.2018 | Implementation (L. Rohde, Section Editor)
Setting Up a Heart Failure Program in 2018: Moving Towards New Paradigm(s)
verfasst von:
Nadia Bouabdallaoui, Anique Ducharme
Erschienen in:
Current Heart Failure Reports
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Ausgabe 6/2018
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Abstract
Purpose of Review
Heart failure (HF) is the first cause of hospitalization in the elderly in Western countries, generating tremendous healthcare costs. Despite the spread of multidisciplinary post-discharge programs, readmission rates have remained unchanged over time. We review the recent developments in this setting.
Recent Findings
Recent data plead for global reorganization of HF care, specifically targeting patients at high risk for further readmission, as well as a stronger involvement of primary care providers (PCP) in patients’ care plan. Besides, tools, devices, and new interdisciplinary expertise have emerged to support and be integrated into those programs; they have been greeted with great enthusiasm, but their routine applicability remains to be determined.
Summary
HF programs in 2018 should focus on pragmatic assessments of patients that will benefit the most from the multidisciplinary care; delegating the management of low-risk patients to trained PCP and empowering the patient himself, using the newly available tools as needed.