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Physician/Staff Pocket Cards for HF Core Measures: Click for FRONT or Inside
HF-1 - Discharge Instructions
HF-2 - Evaluation of LVS Function
HF-3 - ACEI or ARB for LVSD
HF-4 - Adult Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Forms
Discharge Form:
http://www.ihi.org/NR/rdonlyres/8F0551D1-DCD7-4EE7-BEE0-7C0DFBB5F6AB/5867/TransitionsHome_HowtoGuide_Final102207.pdf
Heart Failure Improvement Strategies
Virginia Health Quality Center
Sample Quality Coding Form (Physician Order Sheet)
Boston Medical Center: Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Clinical Pathway
General Resources:
ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult - A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure)
Core Measures Checklist
IHI - FMEA from Bon Secours Venice Health Care Corporation on CHF
Heart Failure Management 2005 and Beyond: Current Status, Emerging Guidelines, and Future Trends
Adams, Kirkwood, Jr Medscape article (free login required).
Evidence-Based Medical Therapy and Device Therapy for Heart Failure: Points of Emphasis in the New 2005 AHA/ACC Guidelines
Yancy, Glyde W, MD and Gutkin, Stephen W. Medscape Article (free log in required)
HF-1 - Discharge Instructions
Heart Failure Discharge Form:
http://www.ihi.org/NR/rdonlyres/8F0551D1-DCD7-4EE7-BEE0-7C0DFBB5F6AB/5867/TransitionsHome_HowtoGuide_Final102207.pdf
Society of Hospital Medicine
Ideal Discharge of Heart Failure Patients: A Hospitalist Checklist
HF-2 - LVF Assessment
Left Ventricular Function (LVF) Assessment for Heart Failure – Achieving the Standard of Care, Tools and Resources for Hospital Performance Measurement Improvement Activities. Illinois Hospital Association, August 13, 2004.
HF-3 - ACEI or ARB for LVSD
GMCF link to current news and related items:
http://www.gmcf.org/hospital/media/071607.AMI_HF_revisions_040107-final%5B1%5D.pdf
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Effective Health Care Program.
Topic: Comparative Effectiveness of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs) and Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists (ARBs) for Treating Essential Hypertension
Telmisartan, Ramipril, or Both in Patients at High Risk for Vascular Events
The ONTARGET Investigators, NEJM, 4/10/08 (subscription required)
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/358/15/1615?query=TOC
Pharmacotherapy for Heart Failure Reviewed CME/CE
Laura Barclay , Medscape News, 4/21/08
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/573260?src=mp&spon=30&uac=36933HZ
HF-4 - Adult Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Smoking Cessation Toolkit - Arkansas Department of Human Services
CDC - Useful Resources to Quit Smoking and
Educational Materials (to quit smoking)
www.surgeongeneral.gov
www.phillipmorris.com Quit Assist
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