Michael Mcivor

Establishing a Heart Failure Program 3e

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9781405167505
• ISBN-10: 1405167505
• Artikelnr.: 22953767

Autorenporträt

Michael E. McIvor, MD, FACC; Medical Director, St. Petersburg Heart Center; Medical Director, Foundation Research; Director, Heart Failure Program, Bay Pines VA Medical Center.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
Companion Website xii
1 Is a heart failure program the right choice? 1
2 A formula for the success of your heart failure program 9
Section I Taking the first steps toward building your heart failure program
3 First steps: a business plan for your heart failure program 21
4 First steps: choosing your model of care 33
5 First steps: a global view of the financial projections for your heart
failure program 47
6 First steps: a heart failure program pro forma 61
Section II Assembling the pieces of your program
7 Assembling the pieces: the managers of your program 75
8 Assembling the pieces: the front line staff 83
9 Assembling the pieces: the physical facility 89
Section III Day-to-day operations
10 Baseline assessments 95
11 Heart failure clinic follow up visits 111
12 Medical treatment protocols 123
13 Telemanagement algorithms 135
14 Advanced therapies 143
15 Positioning your heart failure program as a center of expertise 149
Index 155
About the author 161