title: Heart failure management program improves outcomes, saves millions at UCLA.
abstract: At UCLA Medical Center's heart failure center, a comprehensive management program is showing startling results in slashing costly hospital readmissions and dramatically improving clinical outcomes. Learn how the basic components at most large hospitals can be brought together to create the synergies and successes that UCLA is crowing about.
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017046:Cost Savings; D019468:Disease Management; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000191:economics* / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015397:Program Evaluation; D016896:Treatment Outcome