Team-Based Care for Outpatients with Heart Failure

Julie W Creaser; Eugene C DePasquale; Elizabeth Vandenbogaart; Darlene Rourke; Tamara Chaker; Gregg C Fonarow

doi:10.1016/j.hfc.2015.03.004

Team-Based Care for Outpatients with Heart Failure

Heart Fail Clin. 2015 Jul;11(3):379-405. doi: 10.1016/j.hfc.2015.03.004.

Authors

Julie W Creaser¹, Eugene C DePasquale², Elizabeth Vandenbogaart², Darlene Rourke², Tamara Chaker², Gregg C Fonarow²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 630 East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 630 East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

PMID: 26142637
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2015.03.004

Abstract

Management of heart failure requires a multidisciplinary team-based approach that includes coordination of numerous team members to ensure guideline-directed optimization of medical therapy, frequent and regular assessment of volume status, frequent education, use of cardiac rehabilitation, continued assessment for the use of advanced therapies, and advance care planning. All of these are important aspects of the management of this complex condition.

Keywords: Advanced care options; Disease management; Multidisciplinary heart failure team; Outpatient heart failure medical therapy; Telemonitoring.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care
Disease Management
Heart Failure / economics
Heart Failure / therapy*
Humans
Outpatients
Patient Care Team / economics
Patient Care Team / organization & administration*
Patient-Centered Care / economics
Patient-Centered Care / methods
Patient-Centered Care / organization & administration*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Quality of Life