For patients with heart failure, symptoms can be particularly hard to manage immediately after a hospitalization. In addition to the health risks, heart failure patients are at high-risk for readmission if their symptoms are not well managed.
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Boston, MA 02135
Physician referral required.
Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center’s Advanced Heart Failure Disease Management Program aims to improve follow-up care and reduce readmissions for patients after a heart failure hospitalization.
The program provides patients with a minimum of two check-in appointments via telemedicine, three and seven days after discharge:
Day 3 – Phone call
Day 7 – Telehealth visit (or in person if preferred by patient/family)
Heart failure experts from SEMC’s Advanced Heart Failure Center work collaboratively with each patient’s primary cardiologist to adjust treatments when needed. This unique model of care ensures patients stay connected to their local primary cardiologists while receiving personalized, one-on-one virtual care from a SEMC heart failure specialist.
About the Advanced Heart Failure Center
St. Elizabeth’s Advanced Heart Failure Program is recognized as a leader in the New England region. Its multidisciplinary team of experts diagnose and treat cardiomyopathies/heart failure, as well as other complex conditions involving the heart.
