Managing congestive heart failure using home telehealth.
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the leading cause of rehospitalization and loss of revenue for home care agencies and hospitals. This article outlines how an agency used telehealth to provide CHF patients quality care and improved outcomes while decreasing the number of skilled home nursing visits and reducing rehospitalization rates to 1.2%.
Schneider
Nina M
NM
Pinnacle Health Home Care, 409 S. 2nd Street, Suite 2F, Harrisburg, PA 17104, USA. nschneider@pinnacle-health.org
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