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Heart Failure

Who is the Heart Failure Service for? ​

This service is being clinically designed and developed in support of Heart Failure patients, specifically aimed for: ​

  • Newly Diagnosed Heart Failure Patients​

  • Patients with deteriorating/unstable Heart Failure symptoms

How will it work?

  1. The service requires patients to submit vital signs readings, including: Blood Pressure, Heart Rate and Body Weight (with the option to include Sp02), and answer a series of questions related to their health. ​

  2. Additionally a validated and scored quality of life questionnaire [Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire -12 (KCCQ-12)] will be completed, with a message being displayed advising the patient of their score and how it compared to their previous scores.  ​

  3.  A third component will cover a psychological well-being questionnaire (PHQ-4). Following completion of this, a message will be displayed advising the patient of their score and how it compared to previous scores.​

  4.  It has been clinically designed whereby dependant on the answers/ scores then the HF Nurses/or Clinicians will be notified with Priority or Urgent alerts but the HF Nurse may not have the opportunity to review immediately.

Objectives & Outcomes​

Remote monitoring of Heart Failure (HF) patients by specialist HF Nurses (or HF clinicians where applicable) to enable: ​

  • Remote optimisation and earlier achievement of guideline directed HF therapy, as tolerated, for patients newly diagnosed with HF, in order to reduce their risk of hospitalisation and premature death. ​

  • Closer monitoring and earlier intervention to improve quality of life and reduce the risk of hospitalisation, where possible, for patients identified with worsening symptoms and quality of life. 

Explore our Heart Failure patient guidance.

If you are a healthcare professional and are looking for further information, please visit our page on TURAS where you will find all of our clinical resources.

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