IMR Press / RCM / Volume 23 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2304142
Open Access Short Communication
Opportunities to link Heart Failure Guidelines and chronic disease management—preliminary considerations
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1 Mitchell Institute and Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, 3000 Melbourne, Australia
2 Medical School Werribee Campus, University of Notre Dame, 3030 Werribee, Australia
3 Division of Health Policy, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University, 3004 Melbourne, Australia
4 Division of Chronic and Complex Care, Western Health Chronic Disease Alliance, 3012 St Albans, Australia
5 Department of Nephrology, University of Melbourne, 3010 Melbourne, Australia
6 Department of Research, Bolton Clarke, 3131 Forest Hill, Australia
7 Department General Practice and Primary Care Research, Sydney School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, 2010 Darlinghurst, Australia
8 Department of Cardiology, University of Adelaide, 5005 Adelaide, Australia
*Correspondence: maximilian.decourten@vu.edu.au (Maximilian P. de Courten)
Academic Editor: Vincenzo Lionetti
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2022, 23(4), 142; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2304142
Submitted: 1 December 2021 | Revised: 11 January 2022 | Accepted: 8 February 2022 | Published: 12 April 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Translational Perioperative Cardioprotection)
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Enhancing community based Chronic Disease Management (CDM) will make significant impacts on all major chronic disease management outcome measures. There are no successful models of community hubs to triage and manage chronic diseases that significantly reduce readmissions, cost and improve chronic disease knowledge. Chronic heart failure (CHF) management foundations are built on guideline derived medical therapies (GDMT). These consensuses evidenced building blocks have to be interwoven into systems and processes of care which create access, collaboration and coordinate effective and innovative health services. Methods: Perspective and short communication. Conclusions: This review explores: (i) conventional chronic disease management in Australia; (ii) Possible options for future chronic diseases models of care that deliver key components of CHF management.

Keywords
chronic disease management
clinical guidelines
chronic heart failure
epidemiology
processes of care
systems of care
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