BLITZ-HF: a nationwide initiative to evaluate and improve adherence to acute and chronic heart failure guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To assess adherence to guideline recommendations among a large network of Italian cardiology sites in the management of acute and chronic heart failure (HF) and to evaluate if an ad-hoc educational intervention can improve their performance on several pharmacological and non-pharmacological indicators.

Methods and results

BLITZ-HF was a cross-sectional study based on a web-based recording system with pop-up reminders on guideline recommendations used during two 3-month enrolment periods carried out 3 months apart (Phase 1 and 3), interspersed by face-to-face macro-regional benchmark analyses and educational meetings (Phase 2). Overall, 7218 patients with acute and chronic HF were enrolled at 106 cardiology sites. During the enrolment phases, 3920 and 3298 patients were

SUBMITTER: Gulizia MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084144 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature