New Strategies to Reduce HF Readmissions

Goals

Hospitalizations and Healthcare Costs: Need for Reduction in Hospitalizations of Patients With HF

Medicare 30-Day Readmission Penalty

Proportions of Readmissions for Causes Other Than the Condition at Initial Discharge

Hospitalization = Disease Changes

Hospitals Have Financial Incentives

HF: The Natural Trajectory

Comorbidities and HF

A Large Number of Eligible Patients Are Untreated

Risk-Treatment Mismatch in HF

Lack of Symptoms ≠ Stability of the Disease

Prevent Repeat HF Hospitalizations: Predictor of Mortality

PARADIGM-HF

PARADIGM-HF: Outcomes

Additions to the Armamentarium

Multidisciplinary Team Approach

Summary and Take-Away Points

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