Evidence-Based Practices for Advanced Cardiac Patients
(Room Texas 1-3)
07 Oct 18
2:50 PM
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3:50 PM
Patient and caregiver empowerment methodologies, applied at home, can help high-risk heart failure patients remain in their homes and prevent hospitalizations. Patients using an interdisciplinary approach teaching self-management strategies are able to live a better life, have better health outcomes, and organizations find their hospitalization rates improve by up to 8 percent.