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Congestive heart failure clinics and telemedicine: The key to reducing hospital readmissions in the United States
Affiliations- Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown, New York, United States
- Department of Internal Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, United States
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Abstract
The United States healthcare system currently faces an economic challenge related to frequent hospital readmission rates. As such, hospitals have begun implementing strategies to reduce readmission rates for specific medical conditions such as congestive heart failure, which had a 30-day readmission rate of 23.2% in 2014. Patient education and frequent monitoring of symptoms have since allowed patients to work together with doctors and nurses to take charge of their healthcare management. Due to heart failure clinics and the rise of telemedicine and telemonitoring, heart failure readmission rates have since decreased.
Abstract
The United States healthcare system currently faces an economic challenge related to frequent hospital readmission rates. As such, hospitals have begun implementing strategies to reduce readmission rates for specific medical conditions such as congestive heart failure, which had a 30-day readmission rate of 23.2% in 2014. Patient education and frequent monitoring of symptoms have since allowed patients to work together with doctors and nurses to take charge of their healthcare management. Due to heart failure clinics and the rise of telemedicine and telemonitoring, heart failure readmission rates have since decreased.
Keywords
congestive heart failure, telemedicine, telemonitoring, heart failure clinics
About this articleTitle
Congestive heart failure clinics and telemedicine: The key to reducing hospital readmissions in the United States
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Issue
Article type
Review Article
Pages
1013-1019
Published online
2021-07-02
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DOI
10.5603/CJ.a2021.0073
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Bibliographic record
Cardiol J 2022;29(6):1013-1019.
Keywords
congestive heart failure
telemedicine
telemonitoring
heart failure clinics
Authors
Devyani Ramgobin
Maique Vo
Reshma Golarmari
Rahul Jain
Rohit Jain
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