title: Team-Based Care for Managing Cardiac Comorbidities in Heart Failure.
abstract: The need for HF management is predicted to increase as the HF population ages. Balancing HF and the multiple cardiac comorbidities remains difficult for any single provider, but becomes Fig. 6. Five-year rates of death or urgent heart transplantation by deciles of total cholesterol in heart failure. (From Horwich TB, Fonarow GC, Hamilton MA, et al. Low serum total cholesterol is associated with marked increase in mortality in advanced heart failure. J Card Fail 2002;8(4):222; with permission.) easier with the involvement of a team. Collaboration between physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and other health care workers reduces the burden of care coordination and simultaneously improves delivery of care. Team-based approaches increase cost-effectiveness, reduce hospitalization rates, and equally important, give patients more resources and support, which research shows may ultimately improve compliance and outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bellam
authors.affiliation: Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Anita A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kelkar
authors.affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: david.whellan@jefferson.edu.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Whellan
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019468:Disease Management; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Affiliate providers; Cardiac comorbidities; Heart failure; Management; Multidisciplinary; Team based