Establishing a National Quality of Care Framework for Heart Failure in Korea: Keep Standards for Heart Failure (KSHF) Initiative.

ABSTRACT: Heart failure (HF) continues to pose a significant public health burden in Korea, marked by increasing prevalence, hospitalizations, and healthcare costs. Although advances in guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) have improved patient prognosis, a persistent gap between evidence-based guidelines and real-world practice hinders optimal patient outcomes. To address this challenge, the Korean Society of Heart Failure launched the Keep Standards for Heart Failure (KSHF) initiative to enhance the quality of care (QoC) for individuals with HF. This initiative combines registry-based and non-registry approaches, including the development of structured educational programs, a standardized discharge checklist, and the implementation of the KSHF-QoC registry. The registry is designed to systema

SUBMITTER: Jung MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12318851 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature