title: Profiles of quality improvements in heart failure care.
abstract: The Health Care Financing Administration, with its National Heart Failure project, has made heart failure care one of its targets for quality improvement. Previous columns have highlighted the clinical and epidemiologic background for the National Heart Failure project. This column provides "real-world" examples of hospitals improving care for their heart failure patients. (c)2001 by CHF, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Aurora, CO 80014.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Havranek
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Ordin
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Taylor