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 “Nearly 5 million Americans are living with heart failure, and 550,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.”1 The symptoms of heart failure are shortness of breath and fatigue. If not treated properly, heart failure can interfere with the basic activities of daily living (e.g., walking, bathing, or climbing stairs). While there’s usually no cure, people with heart failure can lead full lives if they receive care that has been proven to decrease morbidity and mortality. The following measures are used to assess care for patients hospitalized with heart failure; assessment of left ventricular function (LVF), ACE Inhibitor or ARB prescribed at discharge for patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD), adult smoking cessation advice / counseling, and discharge instructions on activity level, diet, medication, follow-up care, weight monitoring, and actions to take if heart failure symptoms worsen.
Masspro, working with the American Heart Association (AHA), is leading the effort to ensure that heart failure patients are treated according to evidence-based guidelines that promote patient and family education and optimal management of their heart failure medication(s). At its collaborative sessions, Masspro promotes transformational culture change through rapid data feedback, which enables the implementation of small improvements in care or allows the re-engineering of processes to be done in a friendlier, more reliable, and safer manner.
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