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Supporting Guidelines
ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult (Summary version)
Fact Sheet, 30-Day Measures
Discharge Orders/Discharge Instructions
Order Sets
Pathways/Algorithms
Patient Education
- SCA Prevention: AMI Patient Discharge Contract
- Palomar Medical Center: Patient Education: Living with Heart Failure
- SCA Prevention: HF Patient Discharge Contract
- St. Anthony Hospitals Centura Health: Patient Education: Symptom Tracker
- St. Anthony Hospitals Centura Health: Patient Education: Understanding Heart Failure
- University Hospital Case Medical Center: Living With Heart Failure Brochure (English)
- University Hospital Case Medical Center: Living With Heart Failure Brochure (Spanish)
- University Hospitals Case Medical Center: Heart Failure Education Summary
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What are Arrhythmias (English)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What are Arrhythmias (Spanish)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Caregiver Information (English)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Caregiver Information (Spanish)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Diagnosing Heart Failure (English)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Diagnosing Heart Failure (Spanish)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Medicines (English)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Medicines (Spanish)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Normal Heart Function (English)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Normal Heart Function(Spanish)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: SCA Patient Fact Sheet (English)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Provider Contact Info (English)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Provider Contact Info (Spanish)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Patient Post ICD SCA FAQs (English)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Patient Post ICD SCA FAQs (Spanish)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Patient Pre ICD SCA FAQs (English)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Patient Pre ICD SCA FAQs (Spanish)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Roadmap Better Health (English)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Roadmap Better Health (Spanish)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Role of Ejection Fraction (English)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Role of Ejection Fraction (Spanish)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What is Heart Failure (English)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What is Heart Failure (Spanish)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What is SCA (English)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What is SCA (Spanish)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What To Do To Manage Heart Failure (English)
- SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What To Do To Manage Heart Failure (Spanish)
- ValleyCare Health System Patient Education Teach Back Tool (including explanation)
- ValleyCare Health System Patient Education Call back form
- ValleyCare Health System Patient Education Heart Failure Zones
- Heart360
- Life's Simple 7
Mortality Risk Model
- Get With The Guidelines-HF Predictors of In Hospital Mortality Poster
Other Best Practices Tools
Resources/Information
- Implementation Tips
- ICD-9 Diagnosis Codes for Get With The Guidelines–HF
- Common Barriers & Solutions
Advanced Certification in Heart Failure
Since 2009, the American Heart Association has worked with The Joint Commission to offer Advanced Certification in Heart Failure. This certification recognizes hospitals that have achieved high standards for treatment of heart failure patients, demonstrated by Bronze-level or higher performance in the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure program as well as compliance with The Joint Commission standards. http://www.heart.org/certification
