Heart Failure Clinical Tools Library (List Version)

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Supporting Guidelines
Discharge Orders/Discharge Instructions
Order Sets
Pathways/Algorithms
Patient Education
Mortality Risk Model
Other
Other Resources

Supporting Guidelines
ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult (Summary version)

Discharge Orders/Discharge Instructions

These documents have been provided to the American Heart Association by the below hospitals as examples of discharge orders/discharge instructions. These documents are available only to give you an idea of how some hospitals might use discharge orders/discharge instructions. By including this document on its Web site, the American Heart Association does not represent that these documents are complete, accurate or efficacious, or that it follows all of the American Heart Association guidelines for secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular events or stroke. Hospitals should design their own discharge orders/discharge instructions based on their own procedures and professional experience.

Order Sets

These documents have been provided to the American Heart Association by the below hospitals as examples of order sets. These documents are available only to give you an idea of how some hospitals might use order sets. By including these documents on its Web site, the American Heart Association does not represent that these documents are complete, accurate or efficacious, or that it follows all of the American Heart Association guidelines for secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular events or stroke. Hospitals should design their own discharge orders/discharge instructions based on their own procedures and professional experience.

Pathways/Algorithms
These documents have been provided to the American Heart Association by the below hospitals as examples of pathways/algorithms. These documents are available only to give you an idea of how some hospitals might use pathways/algorithms. By including these documents on its Web site, the American Heart Association does not represent that these documents are complete, accurate or efficacious, or that it follows all of the American Heart Association guidelines for secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular events or stroke. Hospitals should design their own pathways/algorithms based on their own procedures and professional experience.

Patient Education

These documents have been provided to the American Heart Association by the below hospitals as examples of patient education. These documents are available only to give you an idea of how some hospitals might use patient education. By including these documents on its Web site, the American Heart Association does not represent that these documents are complete, accurate or efficacious, or that it follows all of the American Heart Association guidelines for secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular events or stroke. Hospitals should design their own patient education based on their own procedures and professional experience.

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Mortality Risk Model
These documents have been provided to the American Heart Association by the below hospitals as examples of mortality risk model. These documents are available only to give you an idea of how some hospitals might use mortality risk model. By including these documents on its Web site, the American Heart Association does not represent that these documents are complete, accurate or efficacious, or that it follows all of the American Heart Association guidelines for secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular events or stroke. Hospitals should design their own mortality risk model based on their own procedures and professional experience.

Get With The Guidelines-HF Predictors of In Hospital Mortality Poster

Other
These documents have been provided to the American Heart Association by the below hospitals as examples of other clinical tools. These documents are available only to give you an idea of how some hospitals might use other clinical tools. By including these documents on its Web site, the American Heart Association does not represent that these documents are complete, accurate or efficacious, or that it follows all of the American Heart Association guidelines for secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular events or stroke. Hospitals should design their own other clinical tools based on their own procedures and professional experience.

Other Resources

These documents have been provided to the American Heart Association by the below hospitals as examples of other resources. These documents are available only to give you an idea of how some hospitals might use other resources. By including these documents on its Web site, the American Heart Association does not represent that these documents are complete, accurate or efficacious, or that it follows all of the American Heart Association guidelines for secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular events or stroke. Hospitals should design their own other resources based on their own procedures and professional experience.

Implementation Tips
ICD-9 Diagnosis Codes for Get With The Guidelines–HF
Common Barriers & Solutions