Optimized Medical Therapies in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: It Takes Two to Tango

When health care professionals speak about optimized medical therapies, I often wonder how they are defining them. Is the definition based on up-to-date research publication findings of patient outcomes plus individual patient tolerability, side effects, and stated preferences? Or is it defined based on pragmatic situations that may not be ideal: the frequency of office visits, provider type, patient verbalizations for the latest treatment, patient verbalization to do everything that can be done, the rate of hospitalization over a specific period of time, or inaccurate or outdated perceptions that may not be evidence based?
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research