Organized Program To Initiate Lifesaving Treatment In Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF)

Organized Program To Initiate Lifesaving Treatment In Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF)

Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF): An Internet-based Registry and Process of Care Improvement Program for Heart Failure Patients

This program is designed to improve medical care and education of hospitalized patients with heart failure and accelerate the initiation of evidence-based heart failure guideline recommended therapies by administering them before hospital discharge. A registry component focusing on admission to discharge and 60- to 90-day follow-up is designed to evaluate the demographic, pathophysiologic, clinical, treatment, and outcome characteristics of patients hospitalized with heart failure.

Evaluate the number and percentage of eligible patients who are discharged on optimal therapy. Evaluate all HF indicators recommended by JCAHO and CMS.

Mortality Recurrent hospitalization Number of patients receiving beta-blockers therapy within 60 to 90 days of initiation and mean beta-blocker dose 60-90 days following discharge.

Inclusion criteria: Hospitalized for episode of worsening heart failure as primary cause of admission or significant heart failure symptoms that develop during the hospitalization when the initial reason for admission was not heart failure. Systolic dysfunction (LVEF < 40%) or heart failure symptoms in the setting of preserved systolic function (diastolic dysfunction). Exclusion criteria: This study has no exclusion criteria.

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Fonarow GC, Abraham WT, Albert NM, Stough WG, Gheorghiade M, Greenberg BH, O'Connor CM, Nunez E, Yancy CW, Young JB. A smoker's paradox in patients hospitalized for heart failure: findings from OPTIMIZE-HF. Eur Heart J. 2008 Aug;29(16):1983-91. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn210. Epub 2008 May 15.

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Fonarow GC, Abraham WT, Albert NM, Stough WG, Gheorghiade M, Greenberg BH, O'Connor CM, Sun JL, Yancy CW, Young JB; OPTIMIZE-HF Investigators and Coordinators. Prospective evaluation of beta-blocker use at the time of hospital discharge as a heart failure performance measure: results from OPTIMIZE-HF. J Card Fail. 2007 Nov;13(9):722-31. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.06.727.

Fonarow GC, Stough WG, Abraham WT, Albert NM, Gheorghiade M, Greenberg BH, O'Connor CM, Sun JL, Yancy CW, Young JB; OPTIMIZE-HF Investigators and Hospitals. Characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with preserved systolic function hospitalized for heart failure: a report from the OPTIMIZE-HF Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Aug 21;50(8):768-77. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.04.064. Epub 2007 Aug 6.

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Albert NM, Fonarow GC, Abraham WT, Chiswell K, Stough WG, Gheorghiade M, Greenberg BH, O'Connor CM, Sun JL, Yancy CW, Young JB. Predictors of delivery of hospital-based heart failure patient education: a report from OPTIMIZE-HF. J Card Fail. 2007 Apr;13(3):189-98. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.11.008.

Fonarow GC, Abraham WT, Albert NM, Stough WG, Gheorghiade M, Greenberg BH, O'Connor CM, Sun JL, Yancy C, Young JB; OPTIMIZE-HF Investigators and Coordinators. Carvedilol use at discharge in patients hospitalized for heart failure is associated with improved survival: an analysis from Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF). Am Heart J. 2007 Jan;153(1):82.e1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.10.008.