Improving Outcomes in Heart Failure: An Interdisciplinary Approach.

Recent advances have changed the way heart failure is treated and have resulted in substantial improvements in heart failure management. Improving Outcomes in Heart Failure addresses innovative ways of dealing with issues such as quality of life, treatment compliance, effective patient and family education and counseling, nonpharmacologic therapy, and new health care delivery models for improving the management of heart failure. With an interdisciplinary approach, this reference shows how heart failure outcomes and health care resource utilization can be improved significantly.

Written by the editors of the distinguished Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, Debra K. Moser, DNSc, RN and Barbara Riegel, DNSc, RN, CS, FAAN are well-known and nationally recognized experts in the field of cardiovascular nursing. Moser and Riegel have received numerous prestigious awards and honors and have contributed to many renowned journals on a wide variety of cardiovascular topics.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1: THE SYNDROME OF HEART FAILURE: PERSONAL AND SOCIETAL IMPACT

Epidemiology of Heart Failure
Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Heart Failure: A Conceptual Model
Managing Heart Failure: Economic Impact and Outcomes

PART 2: IMPROVING OUTCOMES BY INFLUENCING THE PERSONAL IMPACT OF HEART FAILURE

Impact of Pharmacologic Therapy on Health-Related Quality of Life in Heart Failure: Findings from Clinical Trials
Impact of Surgical Therapy on Quality of Life in Heart Failure
Impact of Nonpharmacologic Therapy on Quality of Life in Heart Failure

PART 3: IMPROVING OUTCOMES WITH NONPHARMOCOLOGIC MANAGEMENT

Nutritional Management of the Patient with Heart Failure
Exercise in Heart Failure
Risk Factor Modification in Heart Failure
Biobehavioral Therapy in the Management of Patients with Heart Failure

PART 4: IMPROVING OUTCOMES BY ENHANCING TREATMENT COMPLIANCE

Extent of the Problem of Noncompliance in Patients with Heart Failure
Heart Failure Patient and Family Education

PART 5: THE ROLE OF FAMILY IN HEART MANAGEMENT

Supportive Resources for the Patient with Heart Failure
Transitioning Heart Failure Care to the Family

PART 6: IMPROVING PERSONAL AND SOCIETAL OUTCOMES WITH NEW CARE DELIVERY MODELS

Outcomes Measurement in Heart Failure
Heart Failure Disease Management Models
Community Case Management Models of Heart Failure Care
The Clinic Model of Heart Failure Clinic
Telephone Case Management Models of Heart Failure Care
Multidisciplinary Disease Management Models of Heart Failure Care

PART 7: SUMMARY AND THE FUTURE

Summary and the Future of Heart Failure Care