Multidisciplinary Care in Heart Failure Services

Authors

George Sokos, Department of Cardiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Kazuhiko Kido, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, Morgantown, WV, USA. Electronic address: kazuhiko.kido0322@gmail.com.
Gurusher Panjrath, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, MD, USA.
Emily Benton, Department of Medicine, the University of Colorado, CO, USA.
Robert Page, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, at the University of Colorado Denver Skaggs School of Pharmacy, CO, USA.
Jignesh Patel, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CA, USA.
Patrick J. Smith, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, NC, USA.
Shelly Korous, Advanced Heart Failure Program, Indiana University Health, IN, USA.
Maya Guglin, Department of Medicine, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

3-13-2023

Journal

Journal of cardiac failure

DOI

10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.02.011

Keywords

LVAD; heart failure; interdisciplinary; multidisciplinary; team-based; transplant

Abstract

The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association /Heart Failure Society of American 2022 guidelines for heart failure (HF) recommend a multidisciplinary team approach for patients with HF. The multidisciplinary HF team-based approach reduces the hospitalization rate for HF and healthcare costs and improves adherence to self-care and utilization of GDMT. This manuscript proposes the optimal multidisciplinary team structure and each team member's delineated role to achieve institutional goals and metrics for HF care. The proposed HF-specific multidisciplinary team comprises cardiologists, surgeons, advanced practice providers, clinical pharmacists, specialty nurses, dieticians, physical therapists, psychologists, social workers, immunologists, and palliative care clinicians. A standardized multidisciplinary HF team-based approach should be incorporated to optimize the structure, minimize redundancy of clinical responsibilities among team members, and improve clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction in their HF care.

APA Citation

Sokos, George; Kido, Kazuhiko; Panjrath, Gurusher; Benton, Emily; Page, Robert; Patel, Jignesh; Smith, Patrick J.; Korous, Shelly; and Guglin, Maya, "Multidisciplinary Care in Heart Failure Services" (2023). GW Authored Works. Paper 2591.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/2591

Department

Medicine