Key result
A quality improvement initiative providing education and postdischarge telephone contact decreased 30-day heart failure readmissions by 13% compared to the previous year.
Why the study?
Does a quality improvement initiative consisting of heart failure education and postdischarge telephone contact reduce 30-day readmissions in high-risk heart failure patients?
Does a quality improvement initiative consisting of heart failure education and postdischarge telephone contact reduce 30-day readmissions in high-risk heart failure patients?
Effect estimate: 13% decrease
A quality improvement initiative utilizing targeted education and postdischarge telephone follow-up successfully reduced 30-day readmissions among high-risk heart failure patients.
May support education and telephone follow-up in heart failure; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials.
An evidence-based quality initiative to decrease heart failure 30-day readmissions was implemented at a hospital in Florida. Heart failure education and postdischarge telephone contact were provided to patients determined to be at high risk of readmission using risk stratification tools. The rate during the project decreased 13% as compared to the same time period in the previous year and 8.5% from the 2012 year to date rate.
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Monica Simpson (2013) studied Heart failure. Heart failure education and postdischarge telephone contact vs. Historical control was evaluated on 30-day readmissions (13% decrease). A quality improvement initiative providing education and postdischarge telephone contact decreased 30-day heart failure readmissions by 13% compared to the previous year.
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