I think when you nailed it when you said the post discharge INTENSITY OF CARE was a significant factor. The main “profit” in this situation is reduced hospital readmission. A good CHF clinic can be run by an RN or NP under the supervision of a cardiologist. Experience and Exposure is what is needed and good oversight/teaching.
I think when you nailed it when you said the post discharge INTENSITY OF CARE was a significant factor. The main “profit” in this situation is reduced hospital readmission. A good CHF clinic can be run by an RN or NP under the supervision of a cardiologist. Experience and Exposure is what is needed and good oversight/teaching.
CHF is not rocket science.
Francis Weld Peabody, MD
In The Journal (88:877, 1927), Francis Weld Peabody, MD, of the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory in the Boston City Hospital, wrote on "The Care of the Patient." The final sentence reads: "One of the essential qualities of the clinician is an interest in humanity, for the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for ...
He meant emotional caring but I the US we are facing a crisis in access to any kind of care especially primary care.
I think when you nailed it when you said the post discharge INTENSITY OF CARE was a significant factor. The main “profit” in this situation is reduced hospital readmission. A good CHF clinic can be run by an RN or NP under the supervision of a cardiologist. Experience and Exposure is what is needed and good oversight/teaching.
CHF is not rocket science.
Francis Weld Peabody, MD
In The Journal (88:877, 1927), Francis Weld Peabody, MD, of the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory in the Boston City Hospital, wrote on "The Care of the Patient." The final sentence reads: "One of the essential qualities of the clinician is an interest in humanity, for the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for ...
He meant emotional caring but I the US we are facing a crisis in access to any kind of care especially primary care.