Temporal Trends and Variation in Early Scheduled Follow-Up After a Hospitalization for Heart Failure: Findings from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure [Original Articles]

Conclusions—
From 2009 to 2012, there was improvement in early scheduled outpatient follow-up and, in the subset analyzed, improvement in actual early follow-up visits for hospitalized patients with heart failure. However, substantial opportunities remain for improving heart failure transitional care.

Source: Circulation: Heart Failure - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: DeVore, A. D., Cox, M., Eapen, Z. J., Yancy, C. W., Bhatt, D. L., Heidenreich, P. A., Peterson, E. D., Fonarow, G. C., Hernandez, A. F. Tags: Congenital Heart Disease, Quality and Outcomes Original Articles Source Type: research