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• Annotated Bibliography for Improving Care for Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
  This annotated bibliography presents selected literature for improving care for patients with congestive heart failure.
• Getting Started Guide: Improving Care for Patients with Heart Failure — Focus on Ambulatory Care
  This Guide builds on the promising work in the hospital setting by applying known best practices to the outpatient care of individuals with heart failure, and by highlighting the high-leverage opportunities for improvement in office practices.
• How-to Guide: Improved Care for Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
  The goal of this How-to Guide is to significantly improve care and reduce readmissions for patients with congestive heart failure by reliably implementing the recommended components of care.
• Improving the Reliability of Health Care
  This white paper describes principles and strategies used successfully in other industries to help evaluate, calculate, and improve the overall reliability of complex systems, and explains the application of reliability principles to health care.
• Transforming Care at the Bedside How-to Guide: Creating an Ideal Transition Home for Patients with Heart Failure
  One of the most promising changes developed as part of the Transforming Care at the Bedside initiative is “creating an ideal transition home” for patients who are being discharged from medical and surgical units within hospitals.

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• Patient-Centered Care on Medical/Surgical Units
  Truly patient-centered care on medical and surgical units honors the whole person and family, respects individual values and choices, and ensures continuity of care. Patients will say, "They give me exactly the help I want (and need) exactly when I want (and need) it."

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• How-to Guide: Improved Care for Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
  
  The goal of this How-to Guide is to significantly improve care and reduce readmissions for patients with congestive heart failure by reliably implementing the recommended components of care.
• Transforming Care at the Bedside How-to Guide: Creating an Ideal Transition Home for Patients with Heart Failure
  
  One of the most promising changes developed as part of the Transforming Care at the Bedside initiative is “creating an ideal transition home” for patients who are being discharged from medical and surgical units within hospitals.
• Physician Admission Orders: Congestive Heart Failure
  
  This form is a good example of a admission order set used to indicate physician admission orders for patients with congestive heart failure. This order set supports good communication, teamwork, and reliable care processes that lead to safe care and good discharge processes.
• Physician Discharge Orders: Congestive Heart Failure
  
  This form is used to indicate the physician's discharge orders for patients with congestive heart failure.
• Interdisciplinary Patient/Family Education Record: Congestive Heart Failure
  
  This tool is used to document education about care after discharge that is provided to patients with congestive heart failure and their families.
• General Discharge Instruction Sheet: Congestive Heart Failure
  
  This documentation sheet is used to provide discharge instructions to patients with congestive heart failure.
• Preliminary Discharge Instructions for CHF Patients
  
  A generic discharge instructions tool which includes all important elements for patients with congestive heart failure.
• Getting Started Guide: Improving Care for Patients with Heart Failure — Focus on Ambulatory Care
  
  This Guide builds on the promising work in the hospital setting by applying known best practices to the outpatient care of individuals with heart failure, and by highlighting the high-leverage opportunities for improvement in office practices.
• Heart Failure Zone Flyer
  
  This handout helps patients recognize and understand the symptoms of heart failure and how to respond.
• Cardiac Discharge Contract
  
  This hospital discharge form is designed to be used at discharge for acute myocardial infarction patients to ensure that all appropriate medications are prescribed and that the patient understands and is engaged in developing a plan for post-discharge activity.
• How-to Guide: Improved Care for Patients with Congestive Heart Failure — Rural Hospitals Supplement
  
  The goal of this How-to Guide, which has been tailored specifically for rural hospitals, is to significantly improve care and reduce readmissions for patients with congestive heart failure by reliably implementing the recommneded components of care.