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The Heart Failure Management Program at Monmouth Medical Center is the newest addition to a full spectrum of cardiac services
that include the most expansive diagnostic and interventional
cardiac modalities available at a community teaching hospital.
The Heart Failure Management Program brings together a
multidisciplinary team of heart failure experts to effectively monitor
developments and changes in HF patients, and provide
interventions to manage symptoms and prevent the need for
emergency care or hospital readmission. Participation in the
program can begin as an inpatient before hospital discharge or a
patient can be referred on an outpatient basis.
The program is dedicated to helping patients and caregivers in our
community become more actively involved in their heart failure
care through education, access to a multidisciplinary team, and
consistent follow up with a heart failure professional. Through this
active participation, patients will improve their functionality and
quality of life, while reducing the frequency of hospitalizations.
Patients may be referred to the outpatient Heart Failure
Management Program following an inpatient stay or as part of the
patient’s care management. Patients are initially assessed by an
experienced Nurse Practitioner, and if an inpatient, begin
outpatient visits within three to five days following discharge.
The program implements a patient centered care approach to early
management of this of the heart disease process. The Nurse
Practitioner works individually with patients to enhance their
understanding of the disease and provide the tools for patients and
care givers to effectively manage the disease process.
The Heart Failure Management Program also features a nationally
renown Telehealth monitoring program in collaboration with the
Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey (VNACJ). The
program is designed to help patients receive treatment at home,
improve their quality of life and reduce the likelihood for a trip to the
emergency room or re-hospitalization.
• Education and support for patients and caregivers.
• Help for patients to manage heart failure symptoms.
• Help for patients to manage risk factors, such as
cholesterol, blood pressure and diet.
• Help for patients and caregivers to ensure medication
compliance.
• Reduced visits to the emergency department.
• Prevention of hospitalization.
• Increased patient activity level.
• Access to heart failure research trials.
• Access to social services, clinical nutrition, cardiac
rehabilitation and ancillary testing such as lab, noninvasive
cardiology and radiology.
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