Establishing a Heart Failure Program The Essential Guide
by McIvor, MichaelEdition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-11-19
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
With the growth of independent heart failure clinics, practitioners and administrators alike are facing a host of new questions. In this unique reference. Dr. Michael McIvor draws on his personal exprience to help you: Determine the staffing and physical facilities your program will need Delineate management and day-to-day staff responsibilities Assemble the financial projections that are critical to a fiscally sound program State the goals, scope, and strategies and tactics of your program in a business plan Identify clinical and financial benchmarks for measuring success Construct telemanagement protocols that match your treatment style Develop the treatment algorithms, drug protocols, and standing orders you will need Position your program for success in your community Establishing a Heart Failure Center: The Essential Guide will help you develop a program that will reduce hospitalizations, optimize medical therapy, and enhance patient quality of life.
Author Biography
Michael E. McIvor MD, FACC
Medical Director, St. Petersburg Heart Center
Medical Director, Foundation Research
Director, Heart Failure Program, Bay Pines VA Medical Center
Medical Director, St. Petersburg Heart Center
Medical Director, Foundation Research
Director, Heart Failure Program, Bay Pines VA Medical Center
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| Companion website | p. xii |
| Is a heart failure program the right choice? | p. 1 |
| A formula for the success of your heart failure program | p. 9 |
| Taking the first steps toward building your heart failure program | |
| First steps: a business plan for your heart failure program | p. 21 |
| First steps: choosing your model of care | p. 33 |
| First steps: a global view of the financial projections for your heart failure program | p. 47 |
| First steps: a heart failure program pro forma | p. 61 |
| Assembling the pieces of your program | |
| Assembling the pieces: the managers of your program | p. 75 |
| Assembling the pieces: the front line staff | p. 83 |
| Assembling the pieces: the physical facility | p. 89 |
| Day-to-day operations | |
| Baseline assessments | p. 95 |
| Heart failure clinic follow up visits | p. 111 |
| Medical treatment protocols | p. 123 |
| Telemanagement algorithms | p. 135 |
| Advanced therapies | p. 143 |
| Positioning your heart failure program as a center of expertise | p. 149 |
| Index | p. 155 |
| About the author | p. 161 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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