KEEPING PATIENTS OUT OF HOSPITALS
CHF Management Programs
CHF management programs represent a huge opportunity for reducing hospital readmissions and avoiding unnecessary healthcare costs. It is estimated that 76% of all Medicare readmissions are considered preventable, costing the healthcare system $12 billion to $17 billion per year. Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) run a high risk of exacerbation and repeated hospitalization. With a CHF national average admittance cost of $8,000 per patient, the financial impact of CHF management programs is substantial.
Fortunately, Cardeum has considerable experience with the design and implementation of CHF management programs.
Long-term chronic disease self-management is an extremely important skill that patients and family members need to learn. The adoption of lifestyle changes and new health habits is also important to improving the quality of life for patients with CHF.
Cardeum can help you launch a CHF management program that empowers patients to care for their own disease and engage more effectively with their healthcare providers. Patients who enter our programs learn about the inherent relationships between the food they eat and their weight. They discover the importance of following their therapeutic diets. In fact, our CHF management programs have seen significant improvement for patient populations and includes:
- A telehealth device in the home
- Daily monitoring of vital signs
- Individualized coaching
- Timely education
- Medication compliance
- A specialized clinical team trained in CHF management
About Our CHF Management Programs
Cardeum’s CHF management programs address the reasons self-management of the disease fails by providing measured adherence to established best-practice guidelines of care, maintaining continuous communication between the patient and the patient’s provider/care team, and offering effective education to both the patient and the patient’s family. This self-management education includes information about the causes of CHF, daily weights, diet, medications, lifestyle, activity, and symptoms to monitor.
Cardeum’s continuous care management approach to congestive heart failure management combines excellent communication between the various providers of the care team, effective coordination of care, and ongoing patient education and teaching. The result is the patient’s ability to manage his or her condition between visits, reduced hospital re-admissions, reduced costs, increased patient satisfaction, and improved outcomes.
Risk Factors
- History of hypertension
- Smoker
- 65 or older)
- Male (a slightly higher risk than females)
- Obese
- Excessive alcohol consumption
Managing CHF
A patient MUST take responsibility for his or her heart failure and learn how to manage it. There will be diet changes, medication changes, and lifestyle changes. Our programs help patients comply with medications and fluid restrictions, continue with physician visits, and help smokers decrease or quit. Cardeum’s CHF management program not only supports patients with home diagnostics for monitoring of their disease, but also offers management, prevention, and lifestyle changes advised by our team of medical professionals. Through education, coaching, and medical monitoring, Cardeum can work with employees, patients, and the at-risk population to manage and prevent health issues related to CHF.
