Improving Outcomes in Heart Failure: An Interdisciplinary ApproachDebra K. Moser, Barbara Riegel Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2001 - 371 pages 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. |
Contents
Economic Impact and Outcomes | 31 |
PART IIIMPROVING OUTCOMES BY INFLUENCING THE PERSONAL | 41 |
Conclusion | 49 |
Impact of Nonpharmacologic Therapy on Quality of Life | 71 |
Association between Quality of Life and Morbidity | 77 |
Exercise Training | 86 |
An Integrated Theory To Explain Mechanism | 92 |
Nutritional Management of the Patient with Heart Failure | 99 |
Consumer Information | 197 |
Supportive External Resources | 205 |
Supportive Internal Resources | 212 |
Chapter 14Transitioning Heart Failure Care to the Family | 219 |
Conclusion | 229 |
PART VIIMPROVING PERSONAL AND SOCIETAL OUTCOMES | 233 |
Selecting Appropriate Instruments for Outcomes Measurement | 239 |
Measuring Financial Outcomes | 251 |
Management of MalnutritionCachexia | 112 |
Management of Sodium Retention and Hypervolemia | 118 |
Exercise in Heart Failure | 124 |
Exercise Prescriptions in Clinical Practice | 131 |
Hypertension | 138 |
Smoking | 144 |
Chapter 10Biobehavioral Therapy in the Management of Patients with | 152 |
Conclusion | 159 |
PART IVIMPROVING OUTCOMES BY ENHANCING TREATMENT | 163 |
Provider Factors Contributing to Noncompliance | 171 |
Chapter 12Heart Failure Patient and Family Education | 178 |
Conclusion | 189 |
Suggestions for Future Outcomes Measurement in Heart Failure | 258 |
Chapter 16Heart Failure Disease Management Models | 267 |
Designing a Disease Management Program | 275 |
Chapter 17Community Case Management Models of Heart Failure Care | 282 |
An InDepth View and Outcomes of One Heart Failure Community Case | 290 |
Conclusion | 298 |
Chapter 19Telephonic Case Management Models of Heart Failure Care | 318 |
Progress Report 2 | 329 |
Chapter 21Summary and the Future of Heart Failure Care | 343 |
List of Sources | 355 |
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