Inpatient intervention slashes risk of re-hospitalization in CHF patients.
Many patients don't understand critical self-care tasks such as how to follow an appropriate diet, resulting in unnecessary complications and costly hospitalizations. However, a new study shows that a straightforward approach to educating patients hospitalized with CHF can dramatically slash the chances of re-hospitalization--and the approach may produce similar benefits in outpatients as well.
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