12. Newly designed heart failure education in a H2H demonstration project

Abstract

In an effort to decrease heart failure (HF) readmissions, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) joined the H2H (Hospital to Home) initiative. Based on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data for 2005 to 2008 the middle Tennessee region was in the 5th Quartile of readmission scores (25.2%-29.0%). The 30-day HF readmission rate at VUMC (25.7%) was comparable to the national rate of 24.5%.