title: Heart failure rates cut after initiative.
abstract: Charleston (WV) Area Medical Center cut readmissions for targeted heart failure patients by 50% in just a few months. A multidisciplinary team designed the program. A subcommittee revised and simplified discharge materials. CMs make follow-up appointments while patients are in hospital.
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D014903:West Virginia