Charleston Area Medical Center Improves Performance in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Readmissions with Tigr
Charleston Area Medical Center Improves Performance in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Readmissions with Tigr
2 PagesCASE STUDY The Challenge West Virginia currently has the highest prevalence of cardiovascular disease in the nation (13.7%) 1 , with heart disease reported as the #1 cause of death among adults. 2 While Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) has a stronghold as the #1 principal diagnosis for all-cause, 30-day readmissions, West Virginia has been historically impacted by a disproportionately higher rate of CHF readmissions than the national rate. Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC), a non-profit four-hospital system in central West Virginia, sees the faces behind those numbers every day within their patient population. In the first quarter of 2015, CAMC’s Multidisciplinary Patient and Family Education Council began the implementation of a solution focused on reversing this trend, using e
