CONNECT-HF: Partnering to Improve Heart Failure Care
CONNECT-HF: Partnering to Improve Heart Failure Care
Interview with DCRI faculty member Adam DeVore, MD, MHS at ACC.18. More information at http://connectheartfailure.org/
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8.634 -> - [Dr. Devore] So CONNECT-HF is a
quality improvement trial.
11.319 -> We're trying to test different
strategies, to try to improve
14.731 -> the care of patients who are hospitalized
16.553 -> with acute heart failure.
17.642 -> In the United States right now
there're really a hyperfocus
19.837 -> on trying to reduce 30-day readmissions,
22.609 -> and CONNECT-HF has really
focused on more of the care
25.319 -> that the patients
receive for the next year
27.15 -> after they're in the hospital.
28.613 -> We're enrolling patients now.
29.759 -> we've enrolled a little over 700 patients
31.54 -> and we're on our way.
32.716 -> It's a really exciting time
and we're really pleased
36.763 -> with how the study's gone so far.
38.162 -> So one of the things is
we're meeting with hospitals
39.547 -> around the country and
learning what they're doing
41.976 -> to try and reduce readmission rates
43.442 -> and improve the care of
patients at their hospital.
46.763 -> So some of those hospitals
are being randomized
48.983 -> to an intervention where
we're capturing their data,
52.141 -> providing a lot of feedback,
and then remeasuring
53.882 -> to see how they're doing with
the care they're providing.
56.198 -> That's really the biggest intervention,
57.62 -> and where we hope to make an impact here.
60.023 -> We also have some really
important sub-studies, though.
62.094 -> One is around using different apps
64.644 -> to try to engage patients
with some of their behaviors.
67.535 -> So some of it is around activity,
69.734 -> but a lot of it is around
medication adherence,
71.194 -> where we know we can
have a really big impact
72.577 -> on patient outcomes.
74.367 -> It's really exciting; we're learning a lot
75.668 -> about the use of apps in these patients,
77.369 -> and also different
behavioral-economic principles
79.273 -> that might be helpful to help patients
81.458 -> care for heart failure.
82.595 -> I became interested in heart failure
84.187 -> as I went through my training.
85.645 -> I always really liked having
a really great relationship
88.804 -> with patients, and so I
really liked the idea of
91.722 -> being able to care for patients
over a long period of time.
93.991 -> Heart failure is a chronic
disorder where you really get
96.712 -> to know your patients and help them
98.938 -> through the thick and thin.
100.658 -> And then I always loved the physiology.
102.487 -> Heart failure is really fascinating,
103.799 -> and it's a really exciting
time to actually be
106.021 -> a heart-failure cardiologist,
107.121 -> because we have a lot of new therapies,
108.785 -> but we don't know how to implement them.
110.403 -> And so that's where I
spend a lot of my efforts.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvyrv3bAJ5E