Team-Based Transitions of Care in Heart Failure

Judy Tingley; Mary A Dolansky; Mary Norine Walsh

doi:10.1016/j.hfc.2015.03.003

Team-Based Transitions of Care in Heart Failure

Heart Fail Clin. 2015 Jul;11(3):371-8. doi: 10.1016/j.hfc.2015.03.003.

Authors

Judy Tingley¹, Mary A Dolansky², Mary Norine Walsh³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, 21 Audubon Avenue, 2nd Floor, Room 209, New York, NY 14845, USA.
² Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
³ Department of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation, St Vincent Heart Center of Indiana, 8333 Naab Road, Suite #400, Indianapolis, IN 46260, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 26142636
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2015.03.003

Abstract

With the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the requisite for health care systems to build team-based transitional care programs is clear. The clinical course for patients with HF is complicated and progressive, which leads to frequent acute care hospitalization and higher mortality. These patients uniquely benefit from transitions of care programs that encourage a coordinated, multidisciplinary teambased approach to care. Evidence of the benefit of this approach to care is mounting. Research and advocacy efforts need to continue to facilitate the team-based approach to transitions and improve the quality of care.

Keywords: Heart failure; Team-based care; Transitions of care.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Evidence-Based Medicine
Heart Failure / therapy*
Humans
Patient Care Team / organization & administration*
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Quality of Health Care
Transitional Care / organization & administration*
United States