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Heart Failure Care Quality Measures -
Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Heart failure, sometimes called congestive heart failure, occurs when the heart muscle weakens and can not pump as much blood as the body requires. As a result, the body doesn’t get enough oxygen and nutrients to meet its needs. Heart failure is a very common reason for hospitalization of elderly patients, but may occur in younger patients as well. The quality measures in this section show some of the medically accepted standards for the care of heart failure, as well as whether patients leave the hospital with medications and instructions known to be helpful.
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Click here to view the heart failure care quality measures for the CHRISTUS Health system as a whole.
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Click here to view quality measures by facility.
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Click here for more information about heart failure care.
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This percentage addresses the ratio of heart failure patients who received written instruction or educational material upon discharge from the hospital to help them manage their heart failure symptoms. These instructions should address the following: activity level, diet, discharge medications, follow-up appointment, weight monitoring and what to do if symptoms worsen. Patients who do not understand or follow discharge instructions are often rehospitalized.
The data used to compute the indicator percentage for the system overall and each individual facility was collected from January 2009 to March 2009.
