Advocate's disease management program reduces readmissions for CHF and asthma.
Advocate's disease management program reduces readmissions for congestive heart failure (CHF) and asthma. Educating CHF and asthma patients while they are in the hospital, using standing orders that reflect national guidelines, and then providing nurse specialists to follow up with patients while they are in the outpatient setting is proving to be a winning combination for Advocate Health Care.
D001249:Asthma / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D002641:Chicago; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019468:Disease Management; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010359:Patient Readmission; D016730:Program Development; D012944:Social Support