Implementation of the Hospital to Home (H2H) Heart Failure Initiative

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Conditions studied: Heart Failure

In brief

This study determines if a community of practice of clinicians and quality improvement specialists can be used to implement a national quality initiative known as Hospital to Home (H2H). This quality initative is designed to reduced readmission rates for patients with heart failure or heart attack by improving the transition of care upon discharge.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02148341

Run by

VA Palo Alto Health Care System

People needed

122

Starts

2010-01-01

Expected to finish

2013-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-05-28

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• VA medical centers are the unit of randomization. A medical center will be included if had at least 20 patients discharged with a principal diagnosis of heart failure in 2008

Where it is running

• VA Palo Alto Health Care System — Palo Alto, California, United States

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