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Presentations of Heart Failure Programs
Here is a catalog of successful HF programs for providers to know, learn and understand best practices, barriers and facilitators in setting up / running / modifying current HF program. These programs focus on emergency department, shared medical appointments, telemedicine, pharmacy, continued learning, etc.
| Key Focus | Program Title | Facility |
Contact Person |
| Quality Measures | VA Heart Failure Trends |
Palo Alto VA Health Care System |
Paul Heidenreich MD, MS
|
| Trends in HF Care | VA Trends in Heart Failure Care and Outcomes |
Palo Alto, CA |
Paul Heidenreich MD, MS
Paul.Heidenreich@va.gov Anju Sahay, PhD Anju.Sahay@va.gov |
| HF Telehealth Clinic | Minneapolis VAMC HF Telehealth Clinic |
Minneapolis VA Medical Center Minneapolis, MN |
Inder Anand, MD Inderjit.Anand@va.gov or Anand001@umn.edu Judy Wagner, RN Judy.Wagner@va.gov and Connie Jaenicke, NP Connie.Jaenicke@va.gov |
| Start HF Program | Heart Failure Disease Management in the North Florida/South Georgia VHS |
Gainesville VA Medical Center Gainesville, FL |
Richard Schofield, MD |
| Reinvent HF Program | Reinventing the HF Program at Tucson VA |
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System Tucson, AZ |
Elizabeth Juneman, MD Elaine Charteris, NP |
| Multi-Disciplinary Approach | A Comprehensive Heart Failure Management Program: A Collaboration of Primary Care, Specialty Care, Nursing and Pharmacy |
Portland VA Medical Center Portland, WA |
Greg Larsen, MD Denise Van Ostaeyen, NP |
| Team Approach | CHF Team Approach |
Washington DC VA Medical Center Washington DC |
Peter Carson, MD Jacqueline Gannuscio, MSN, ACNP, RN |
| Shared Medical Appointment | Heart Failure Shared Medical Appointment: Improving Quality through Interdisciplinary Service Delivery |
Louis Stokes Cleveland DVA Medical Center Cleveland, OH |
Illeana Piña, MD Julie Gee, RN Kimberly Schaub, PhD |
| Emergency Department | The VASDHS Heart Failure Performance Improvement Team Creates a New System |
San Diego VA Health Care System San Diego, CA |
Alan Maisel, MD Nancy Gardetto, RN |
| Pharmacy | Effectiveness of Controlled-Release Metoprolol versus Carvedilol as Prescribed for Veterans with Heart Failure |
Minneapolis VA Medical Center Minneapolis, MN |
Thomas Rector, PhD Inder Anand, MD |
|
Pharmacy |
Pharmacist-led CHF clinic for Patients Recently Discharged from CHF Admission |
Providence VA Medical Center Providence, RI |
Andrea Dooley, PharmD Wen-Chih Wu, MD |
|
Education |
Heart Failure Class III and IV |
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital Tampa, FL |
Jeanette McCain, MA, ARNP-C |
| National Heart Failure Training for Improved Patient Care – N-HeFT | National Heart Failure Training for Improved Patient Care – N-HeFT |
Louis Stokes Cleveland DVA Medical Center Cleveland, OH |
Illeana Piña, MD |
| Chronic Disease Collaborative | VISN 23 Chronic Disease Collaborative Minneapolis VA Medical Center |
Minneapolis, MN |
Daryl Dickson, MD
|
| Group Heart Failure Clinic | Impact of group Heart Failure Clinic on patient Outcomes Lexington VA Medical Center |
Lexington, KY |
Adrienne Matson, Pharm.D., BCPS
|
| The Transitional Care Model | The Transitional Care Model: Translating Research into Practice University of Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia, PA |
Mary Naylor, PhD, RN,
|
| CHF Management | VAPHS CHF Program |
Pittsburgh VA Health Care System |
Mark Thompson, MD
|
| WRAMC CHF Management | Heart Failure Disease Management |
Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington, DC |
COL (RET) Marina N. Vernalis, DO,FACC
|
| Physician Education | QI in Heart Failure for VA Cleveland Facilities: An Implementation Plan |
Louis Stokes Cleveland DVA Medical Center Cleveland, OH |
Illeana Piña, MD
Ileana.Pina@va.gov |
| Emergency Department Pathway | Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: An Emergency Department Pathway |
Louis Stokes Cleveland DVA Medical Center Cleveland, OH |
Attila Nemeth, MD
Attila.nemeth@va.gov |
| Patient Activation in Self Care | Heart PACT: Patient Activation in High-risk Patients with Heart Failure |
San Diego VA Health Care System San Diego, CA |
Marty Shively, RN, PhD Marty.Shively@va.gov Nancy Gardetto, RN Gardetto.Nancy@va.gov |
| Heart Failure Service | VA Heart Failure Service |
Durham VA Medical Center Durham, NC |
Susan Roberts, ANP-BC Susan.Roberts5@va.gov Kenneth G Morris, MD Kenneth.Morris3@va.gov |
| Team Approach | Improving HF Care in VA: The Role of Physician-Nurse Co-Leadership | University of Minnesota and Palo Alto VA Health Care System Palo Alto, CA | Douglas Wholey, PhD, MBA whole001.umn.edu Paul Heidenreich MD, MS Paul.Heidenreich@va.gov Anju Sahay, PhD Anju.Sahay@va.gov |
| Team Approach | PACT and HF-How can we Optimize Care Delivery for our Patients | Louis Stokes Cleveland DVA Medical Center Cleveland, OH |
Susan Kirsch, MD Susan.kirsh@va.gov |
| Reducing HF Readmissions | Reducing Length of Stay and Readmission Rates in CHF Patients at the Northport VAMC | Northport VAMV Northport, NY | Edwin Oberstein, MD Edwin.oberstein@va.gov |
| Reducing HF Readmissions | Reducing the CHF Length of Stay and 30 Day Readmission Rates at VA Northern Indiana Health Care System, VISN 11 FY 2009 and 2010 | Fort Wayne & Marion Indianapolis, IN | Deborah Hale, MHSA, BSN, RN Deborah.hale2@va.gov |
| Care Coordination | Examining the Role of Communication in a CHF Care Coordination Home Telehealth (CCHT) Service | Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center Charleston, SC |
Charlene Pope, PhD, MPH Charlene.pope@va.gov |
| Improving HF Care | Delivering Specialty Care in the 21st Century VHA | Acting Director, Office of Specialty Care Transformation VA Central Office | Glenn Graham, MD, PhD Glenn.graham@va.gov |
| Care Coordination | Redesigning Care Coordination to Improve Self Management of Patients With Heart Failure | James A. Haley Veterans Hospital Tampa, FL | Britta Neugaard, PhD, MPH Britta.neugaard@va.gov | Heart Failure Service | VA Heart Failure Service |
Durham VA Medical Center Durham, NC |
Susan Roberts, ANP-BC Susan.Roberts5@va.gov Kenneth G Morris, MD Kenneth.Morris3@va.gov |