Shared Medical Appointments in Heart Failure for Post Acute Care Follow-Up: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shared medical appointments (SMAs) in heart failure (HF) are medical visits where several patients with HF meet with multidisciplinary providers at the same time for efficient and comprehensive care. It is unknown whether HF-SMAs can improve overall and cardiac health status for high-risk patients with HF discharged from acute care.

Methods and results

A 3-site, open-label, randomized-controlled-trial was conducted. Participants within 12 weeks of HF acute care (emergency-room/hospitalization) requiring intravenous diuretic therapy were randomized to receive either HF-SMA or usual HF clinical care (usual-care) on a 1:1 ratio. The HF-SMA team, which consisted of a nurse, nutritionist, psychologist, nurse practitioner and/or a clinical pharmacist, provided four 2-ho

SUBMITTER: Taveira TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11964066 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature