This article outlines the objectives and design of the Medicare National Heart Failure Quality Improvement Project aimed at improving inpatient heart failure care.
Sets foundation for standardized inpatient HF care metrics; leaves open whether implementation improves outcomes.
This is the second in a series describing Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) initiatives to improve care for Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure. The first article outlined the history of HCFA quality-improvement projects and current initiatives to improve care in six priority areas: heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, pneumonia, diabetes, and breast cancer. This article details the objectives and design of the Medicare National Heart Failure Quality Improvement Project (NHF), which has as its goal the improvement of inpatient heart failure care.
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