A Heart Failure Management Program Using Shared Medical Appointments
Patients whose care was augmented using shared medical appointments for heart failure disease management did not have significantly better 1-year hospitalization outcomes when compared with patients who only attended a heart failure specialty clinic.
Ms. Carroll is a doctoral candidate at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Howrey is a postdoctoral fellow at Siteman Cancer Center/Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Payvar is a clinical psychologist, Ms. Deshida-Such is a clinical dietitian, Dr. Kansal is a cardiologist, and Dr. Brar is an acute care nurse practitioner all at the Jesse Brown VAMC in Chicago.
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