The Critical Need for Process Improvement in Heart Failure

When we conceived our vision for a contribution to Heart Failure Clinics on process improvement in heart failure in mid-2018, we could not have imagined the future we would have to navigate (as of this writing in mid-2020). We have faced 3 major forces that have emphasized that indeed process improvement leading to ideal execution is a much needed skillset if today ’s challenges are to be overcome and success is to be realized in 2020 and beyond. Those 3 forces have included striking progress in new therapeutics and new approaches in the treatment of heart failure1; the glaring exposition of still evident health care disparities brought forward by the pandem ic of COVID-192,3; and the heavy weight of racism, including structural racism in medicine,4 that must now be executed.
Source: Heart Failure Clinics - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Preface Source Type: research