title: Nurse-driven CHF program cuts hospitalization by 87%.
abstract: Find out how a nurse-mediated, physician-directed, home-based disease management program called "Multifit" has reduced ED visits by 67% and cut hospital days by 87%.
mesh_terms: D019468:Disease Management; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D010808:Physical Examination; D012307:Risk Factors; D012964:Sodium / Q000008:administration & dosage