Patient Safety Coalition: A Focus on Heart Failure

Jennifer Kitchens; Joanna Kingery; James H Fuller; Arif Nazir

doi:10.1016/j.cnc.2015.07.001

Patient Safety Coalition: A Focus on Heart Failure

Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2015 Dec;27(4):523-35. doi: 10.1016/j.cnc.2015.07.001. Epub 2015 Sep 26.

Authors

Jennifer Kitchens¹, Joanna Kingery², James H Fuller³, Arif Nazir⁴

Affiliations

¹ Acuity Adaptable, Eskenazi Health, 720 Eskenazi Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. Electronic address: jennifer.kitchens@eskenazihealth.edu.
² Statewide Advanced Heart Care, Indiana University Health, 1707 Senate Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
³ Indianapolis Coalition for Patient Safety, Inc, 351 West 10th Street, Suite 342, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
⁴ Eskenazi Health, 720 Eskenazi Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.

PMID: 26567496
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnc.2015.07.001

Abstract

Indianapolis Coalition for Patient Safety, Inc engaged a citywide effort to reduce hospital readmissions of patients diagnosed with heart failure within 30 days of discharge. An innovative collaboration among interdisciplinary representatives of hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and home care agencies resulted in reduction in readmissions for patients with heart failure.

Keywords: Heart failure readmissions; Home care; Hospitals; Interdisciplinary collaboration; Population health; Post-acute care; Skilled nursing facilities.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Case Management
Continuity of Patient Care
Cooperative Behavior*
Heart Failure* / drug therapy
Home Care Services
Humans
Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data
Patient Safety*
Skilled Nursing Facilities