title: Effective strategies to improve the management of heart failure.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to provide resources for primary care physicians to manage heart failure as a chronic disease. We review evidence-based interventions that can be adopted in primary care practices to improve adherence to available guidelines for medication use, promotion of self-care behaviors, transitions of care in acute decompensated heart failure, and end of life care. This information will be valuable to primary care providers who care for patients with heart failure in all care settings but is focused on the management of heart failure in the outpatient setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, 833 Chestnut Street, Suite 301, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. Geoffrey.Mills@jefferson.edu
authors.forename: Geoffrey D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: Christopher V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Chambers
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019468:Disease Management; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D055118:Medication Adherence; D009752:Nutritional Status; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012306:Risk; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome