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The CHF QUERI Center has developed a comprehensive Heart Failure (HF) Toolkit for Providers through collaboration with the members of its Heart Failure Provider (HF) Network as well as non-VA organizations. These tools are organized as tools from VA Sources, Non-VA Sources:Other; and Non-VA Sources: GWTG-AHA (Get With The Guides - American Heart Association). This toolkit focuses on several key areas in the management of heart failure with downloadable documents. We encourage all providers to review the toolkit to determine where these tools will be helpful in their practice and download relevant tools for their use. We welcome suggestions and examples of additional tools. The CHF QUERI will periodically update this website as new tools become available. * The attached files below are in PDF format. |
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HF CLINICAL PATHWAYS
VA Sources
Non-VA Source: GWTG-AHA
HF SCREENING FORMS AND CHART REMINDERS
Non-VA Sources
HF ADMISSION ORDER SETS
VA Source
Non-VA Source: GWTG-AHA
HF DISCHARGE PROCESS, ORDERS, AND INSTRUCTIONS
Non-VA Source: GWTG-AHA
Non-VA Source: GWTG-AHA
- Congestive Heart Failure Discharge Orders: Marion General Hospital
- Discharge Instruction Form: Hazleton General Hospital
- Discharge Instruction Sheet: Cleveland Clinic
- Discharge Instruction Sheet: Coral Gables Hospital
- HF Discharge Instructions (Device Insertion): Memorial Health Systems
- HF Discharge Instructions: Memorial Health Systems
- Universal Instructions for Your Care At Home: Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Non-VA Sources: Other
HF MEDICATION
VA Source
Non-VA Source: Other
HF BEST PRACTICES
VA Source
Non-VA Source: GWTG-AHA
- 100% Compliance with HF Discharge: The Economic Impact
- Admission Time-Out Tool Core Measure
- Analysis of Cost Savings
- Discharge Time-Out Tool Core Measure
- Enhancing Patient Care With the EMR
- HF Physician Outlier Letter: St. Anthony Hospitals
- Implementation Tips
- Implementing GWTG: Barriers and Facilitators
- Implementing Mandatory Use of Order Sets
- MD and Staff Compliance
- Protocol for Identifying HF Patients at Admission and Discharge
Non-VA Sources: Other
HF-RELATED PROVIDER EDUCATION TOOLS
VA Sources
Non-VA Sources: Other
HF-RELATED PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIALS
VA Sources
Non-VA Sources
- American Heart Association
- Ask Me 3: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- Atlanta HF Knowledge Test
- CHF Patient Education Documentation: Cleveland Regional Medical Center
- Health Informatics International
- Heart Failure Society of America
- HF Self Management Goals: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- Krames On Demand
- Patient Family Teaching Record: Cleveland Clinic Florida
- Patient Knowledge of Self-care Activities in Congestive Heart Failure (PaKSAC) Survey
- Canadian Heart Failure Network - Patient Education
- The Iowa Health System Health Literacy Collaborative: Teach-back: A Health Literacy Tool to Ensure Patient Understanding
- American Association of Heart Failure Nurses (AAHFN) - HF Self-Care
Non-VA Sources: Other
HF-RELATED CAREGIVER MATERIALS
VA Source
Non-VA Source
Non-VA Source: Other
HF-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURES
Non-VA Sources
HF MORTALITY RISK MODELS
Non-VA Source: GWTG-AHA
Non-VA Sources: Other
LINKS TO TRACK HF OUTCOMES
VA Sources
- OQP: http://vaww.pdw.med.va.gov/FacilityReport/FRIndex.asp?qtr=20084&typ=12&FromEBB=1&PreRelease (Intranet only; copy and paste link into your browser.)
Non-VA Sources
- VA Hospital Compare
- Hospital Compare (includes VA and non VA hospitals)
HF-RELATED NON-VA ORGANIZATION WEBSITES
Non-VA Sources
HF-RELATED TOOLKIT
VA Source
- PACT Toolkit - This is available on the intranet only. Please copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://srd.vssc.med.va.gov/PACTToolkit/default.aspx