Integrating Preventive Cardiovascular Healthcare Into Home Health: A Pilot Study

Home Healthc Now. 2017 Jan;35(1):19-25. doi: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000000480.

Abstract

The viability of measuring and integrating preventive cardiovascular care into home healthcare was investigated through a pilot study fielded during 2013 and 2014. The study tested the feasibility of using a data registry to measure preventive cardiovascular care delivered in home healthcare, examined opportunities for quality improvement, and looked at the association between exposure to evidence-based tools and improvement in aspirin use and blood pressure screening and control among a convenience sample of 20 agencies. Based on promising results, the home healthcare cardiovascular quality initiative continues in alignment with Million Hearts® and offers tools that clinicians can use to understand the risks for heart attack and stroke within their agency's population of patients and respond with best practices.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / organization & administration*
  • Home Care Services / organization & administration*
  • Home Health Nursing / organization & administration
  • Humans
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Pilot Projects
  • Primary Prevention / organization & administration*
  • Quality Improvement
  • Registries
  • United States