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Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Clinical Tools Library (List Version)
  • Updated:Mar 28,2013
 
Clinical Tools for Quality Improvement
Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure is much more than a data registry. It's a comprehensive program for supporting quality heart failure care, including a library of tools and resources to help improve processes and maximize effectiveness.
 
The library includes forms and tools that have proven successful at other hospitals participating in Get With The Guidelines-HF. We offer these documents only to give you an idea of other hospitals' solutions. By including the documents on this website, the American Heart Association does not represent that they are complete, accurate or efficacious, or that they follow all of the American Heart Association guidelines for secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular events. Hospitals should design their order sets, discharge instructions and other tools based on their own procedures and professional experience.
 
We value your feedback on the clinical tools library and its content. Please take a moment to provide us with your feedback on how we could make this toolkit better (e.g., additional tools and resources you would want to see available in the future).  

Complete the Get With The Guidelines Toolkit Feedback Form


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


Fact Sheet, 30 Day-Measures
You’re also invited to download the Get With The Guidelines-HF fact sheet and 30-day measures to review specific data points, quality measures and performance measures.


Discharge Orders/Discharge Instructions 
Order Sets


Pathways/Algorithms
Patient Education
 


Mortality Risk Model


Other Best Practices Tools


Resources/Information
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. www.heart.org/certication

Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Focus on Quality
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Find Out What The Program Does for Hospitals and Patients 
Submit Data and Track Performance with the Patient Management Tool 
Put Our Collection of Clinical Tools to Work
See Proof of Effectiveness in Scientific Publications 
Explore Professional Education  Workshops and Webinars
Patients Learn to Help Themselves with Educational Materials 
Earn Public Recognition for Your Achievement
Use Our Media Kit to Raise Awareness of Your Quality Commitment
Target: HF



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