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Helping CHF patients manage their condition and avoid unnecessary readmissions
When case managers are looking at patients who are frequently readmitted to their facility within 30 days of their last discharge, chances are they'll find a lot of chronic heart failure (CHF) patients among them. That's because CHF patients typically have a higher readmission rate than any other disease, says Jan Lear, RN, CMC, director of case management at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center (MFSMC) in Baltimore.
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