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Improving Cardiac Rehab Referral & Enrollment | AHRQ TAKEheart
The first step in improving participation in CR is making sure eligible patients are referred. … in a program. … They can help to schedule outpatient rehabilitation appointments at a location that is convenient for … groups, and providing progress reports to referring physicians, primary care doctors, or specialists … Department of Health and Human Services.
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TAKEheart Resource Center | AHRQ TAKEheart
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Free access to literature, tools, training materials … strategies from the Million Hearts®/AACVPR Cardiac Rehabilitation Change Package (CR Change Package), a … Articles
Read journal and press articles on the latest findings related to CR. … Tools
Access evidence-based quality improvement tools and download infographics to educate others about … Training & Webinars
Review trainings and webinars on tips and best practices to implement successful
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Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Factors Impacting Referral to and Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation for African American Patients: A Systematic Review | TAKEheart
and Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation for African American Patients: A Systematic Review
Biopsychosocial-Spiritual … Factors Impacting Referral to and Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation for African American Patients … : A Systematic Review
Koehler Hildebrandt A, Hodgson J, Dodor B, Knight S, Rappleyea D
Journal Of Cardiopulmonary … with CVD were less likely to get a cardiac rehabilitation referral, more likely to enter rehabilitation … with more risk factors, and less likely to participate in and complete treatment.
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The Patient Education - Learning and Coping Strategies - Improves Adherence in Cardiac Rehabilitation (LC-REHAB): A Randomised Controlled Trial | TAKEheart
Improves Adherence in Cardiac Rehabilitation (LC-REHAB): A Randomised Controlled Trial
The Patient Education … - Learning and Coping Strategies - Improves Adherence in Cardiac Rehabilitation (LC-REHAB): A Randomised … adherence to a two-month CR program, concluding patients with heart failure, low levels of education … , and low-income benefit most from the intervention. … https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28259552
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Sex and Racial Disparities in Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral at Hospital Discharge and Gaps in Long-Term Mortality | TAKEheart
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Sex and Racial Disparities in Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral … at Hospital Discharge and Gaps in Long-Term Mortality
Sex and Racial Disparities in Cardiac Rehabilitation … Referral at Hospital Discharge and Gaps in Long-Term Mortality
Li S, Fonarow G, Mukamal K, Xu H, Matsouaka … R, Devore A, Bhatt D
Journal of the American Heart Association
2018
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This study … https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/jaha.117.008088
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What is Care Coordination | TAKEheart
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New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst
2018
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This NEJM Catalyst Care … articles provides an overview of care coordination, or the synchronizing of the delivery of a patient … ’s health care from multiple providers and specialists. … https://catalyst.nejm.org/what-is-care-coordination/
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Cardiac Rehabilitation Enrollment and Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction | TAKEheart
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Cardiac Rehabilitation Enrollment and Outcomes … in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction
Cardiac Rehabilitation Enrollment … and Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction
Rengo J, Savage P … Improvement
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Systems Change: Implementation, Teamwork, and Workflow Mapping | TAKEheart
Topics covered in this module include:
Mapping workflow and processes to identify necessary changes … Collecting baseline data and establishing a data collection plan to drive decision making and improvement … Identify needed changes (when, where, by whom, and how) to implement automatic referral with care coordination … Guide to Improving Care Processes and Outcomes in Health Centers: An Approach to Quality Improvement. … https://hiteqcenter.org/Resources/HITEQ-Resources/guide-to-improving-care-processes-and-outcomes-in-health-centers
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Drivers of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiac Rehabilitation Use: Patient and Provider Perspectives | TAKEheart
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Drivers of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiac Rehabilitation … Use: Patient and Provider Perspectives
Drivers of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiac Rehabilitation … Use: Patient and Provider Perspectives
Mead H, Ramos C, Grantham S
Medical Care Research And Review … 2016
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This study sought to identify factors that drive racial and ethnic disparities … The findings suggest that health care systems need to address multiple levels of problems to mitigate
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Become a TAKEheart Partner Hospital | AHRQ TAKEheart
Join TAKEheart as a Partner Hospital to gain exclusive access to group-based technical assistance and … to lead the efforts
Form a multi-disciplinary team
Teams are strongly encouraged to include expertise … in information technology, care coordination and discharge planning, and quality improvement
Integrate … for patients referred to CR services
This individual could be a member of hospital staff (trained … participate in surveys
Join TAKEheart as a Partner Hospital and contribute to the national goal of achieving
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The TAKEHeart Initiative | AHRQ TAKEheart
The initiative uses Training , Awareness , Knowledge and Engagement to help hospitals and health systems … Training
Web-based Guidance for Hospitals
TAKEheart offers all interested hospitals access to a free … to increase referrals and enrollment in CR. … key stakeholders easy access to a variety of resources and updates from the field. … Partner and Learning Community Hospitals have access to a shared workspace, facilitating peer-to-peer
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Social Inequality and Barriers to Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Rehab-North Register | TAKEheart
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Social Inequality and Barriers to Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Rehab-North … showed that those with low socioeconomic status received less information about cardiac rehabilitation and … were less willing to participate in cardiac rehabilitation. … https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14017431.2017.1385838
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Promoting Patient Uptake and Adherence in Cardiac Rehabilitation | TAKEheart
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Promoting Patient Uptake and Adherence in Cardiac Rehabilitation … Promoting Patient Uptake and Adherence in Cardiac Rehabilitation
Karmali K, Davies P, Taylor F, Beswick … A, Martin N, Ebrahim S
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
2019
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This … determine the harms and benefits of interventions to increase patient uptake of and adherence to cardiac … cookiesEnabled
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Systems Change: Laying the Foundation, Leadership, and Action Plans | TAKEheart
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Following the call to action in Module 1, this module lays the foundation for … systems change within hospitals and health systems to successfully implement cardiac rehabilitation … Topics covered in this module include how to:
Identify a CR champion who takes responsibility for leading … It is important to note that the audiences listed above are a suggestion rather than a limitation. … to lead the CR QI team and advocate for automatic referral with care coordination.
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The TAKEheart Goal | AHRQ TAKEheart
save lives by promoting efforts to increase participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) by patients … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) launched TAKEheart to promote and support efforts … support of their efforts to implement two proven strategies identified in the CR change package:
Automatic … Knowledge TAKEheart gives hospitals access to a comprehensive resource center, updates from the field … to enhance heart health.
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Barriers and Potential Solutions to Increase Cardiac Rehabilitation Completion Rates: Patient's Perspective | TAKEheart
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Barriers and Potential Solutions to Increase Cardiac Rehabilitation … Pérez-Terzic C, Lopez-Jiminez F, Martinez-Jarreta B, Thomas R
American Association of Cardiovascular and … Pulmonary Rehabilitation
2017
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This Mayo Clinic presentation highlights a study … to identify patient-reported barriers to completion of a cardiac rehabilitation program, along with
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Financial Incentives to Promote Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation and Adherence Among Medicaid Patients | TAKEheart
and Adherence Among Medicaid Patients
Financial Incentives to Promote Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation … and Adherence Among Medicaid Patients
Gaalema D, Savage P, Rengo J, Cutler A, Higgins S, Ades P
Preventive … 2016
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This Vermont study found that financial incentives may increase participation and … adherence to cardiac rehabilitation among patients with lower socioeconomic status. … https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743516000712
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The TAKEheart Team | AHRQ TAKEheart
by the Million Hearts® initiative and a contract team led by Abt Associates. … of cardiac rehabilitation is funded and overseen by AHRQ as part of its continuing efforts to promote … the delivery of evidence-based care. … and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to prevent one million heart attacks … and Population Health Management
New York University Medical Center
Susan Rogers
National Director
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Join the Million Hearts Collaborative | AHRQ TAKEheart
national forum of multi-disciplinary professionals taking action to achieve the national goal of 70% … The CRC is open to anyone interested in increasing patient participation in CR. … and resources related to the CRC aim or the provision of CR services
A community of professionals from … a variety of cardiac-related disciplines who are working to find and implement solutions to optimize … from Million Hearts® and other organizations
Summaries of national efforts and new opportunities for
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Building and Implementing a Successful Automated CR Referral System | TAKEheart
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