Systemizing the Evaluation of Acute Heart Failure in the Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020 Nov;13(11):e006168. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.006168. Epub 2020 Sep 28.

Authors

Vittal Hejjaji^{1

2}, Alison Scholes^{1

3}, Kevin Kennedy¹, Brett Sperry^{1

2}, Yevgeniy Khariton^{1

2}, Evelyn Dean¹, Douglas S Lee⁴, John A Spertus^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO (V.H., A.S., K.K., B.S., Y.K., E.D., J.A.S.).
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (V.H., B.S., Y.K., J.A.S.), University of Missouri-Kansas City.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine (A.S.), University of Missouri-Kansas City.
⁴ Peter Munk Cardiac Centre and ICES, University of Toronto, Canada (D.S.L.).

No abstract available

Keywords: heart failure; hospitals; patients; quality improvement; triage.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Cardiology Service, Hospital*
Clinical Decision-Making
Decision Support Techniques*
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Heart Failure / therapy*
Humans
Patient Admission*
Patient Readmission
Prognosis
Program Evaluation
Quality Improvement*
Quality Indicators, Health Care*
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Time Factors

Grants and funding

T32 HL110837/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States