A new opportunity for savings: identifying patients with low-risk CHF.
CHF is one of the most common reasons for admission to the hospital, yet there is evidence that many of these patients do not need hospital-level care. Now there is a new tool to help clinicians determine which patients can safely be treated at home. And investigators suggest the potential savings are huge.
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