Heart Failure Pathway

CLINICAL PATHWAY FOR HEART FAILURE DECREASES READMISSIONS

By Cheney C - July 9, 2018

"Compared to a control group of patients, acute heart failure patients in an emergency department's clinical pathway program had a 13.1% lower readmission rate.

Enrolling acute heart failure patients in a clinical pathway program reduces hospital readmissions from emergency departments without increasing time spent in the ED, researchers say.

The research, which was published this month in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, found patients in an Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure Clinical Pathway (ADHFCP) program experienced a 13.1% decrease in hospital admission from the ED compared to a control group of patients..."