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Does a pharmacist-managed heart failure postdischarge clinic reduce time to initial follow-up and improve outcomes in veteran patients hospitalized for heart failure?
Does a pharmacist-managed heart failure postdischarge clinic reduce time to initial follow-up and improve outcomes in veteran patients hospitalized for heart failure?
A pharmacist-managed postdischarge clinic for heart failure reduces time to initial follow-up and may improve short-term outcomes in veteran patients.
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Supports pharmacist-managed HF bridge clinics for veterans; leaves open confirmation of benefits in randomized trials.
In veteran patients hospitalized for HF, pharmacist-managed HF bridge clinic significantly reduced the time to initial follow-up compared with usual care. Improved short-term outcomes and trend toward improvement of longer-term outcomes in bridge clinic patients was shown.
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