title: A disease management program for heart failure: collaboration between a home care agency and a care management organization.
authors: Covenant Home Health & Hospice, Milwaukee, WI, USA. ml_gorski@msn.com
authors: Lisa A
authors: LA
authors: Gorski
authors: Kathy
authors: K
authors: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017046:Cost Savings; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008297:Male; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation