NCT02148341

Implementation of the Hospital to Home (H2H) Heart Failure Initiative

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 122 (estimated)
• Sponsor: VA Palo Alto Health Care System · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study determines if a community of practice of clinicians and quality improvement specialists can be used to implement a national quality initiative known as Hospital to Home (H2H). This quality initative is designed to reduced readmission rates for patients with heart failure or heart attack by improving the transition of care upon discharge.

Conditions

• Heart Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Community of Practice Facilitation
OTHER	Usual Care

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-01-01
• Primary completion: 2013-07-01
• Completion: 2013-07-01
• First posted: 2014-05-28
• Last updated: 2014-05-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States