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ReviewJournal of cardiac failure2016

Skilled Nursing Facility Care for Patients With Heart Failure: Can We Make It "Heart Failure Ready?"

Nicole M Orr, Rebecca S Boxer, Mary A Dolansky, Larry A Allen, Daniel E Forman

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Review in Journal of cardiac failure, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nicole M OrrDivision of Cardiology and the CardioVascular Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Post-Acute Cardiology Care, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Electronic address: norr@postacutecardiologycare.com.
Rebecca S BoxerEastern Colorado (Denver) Veterans Association GRECC, Denver, Colorado; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
Mary A DolanskyFrances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, Ohio.
Larry A AllenUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
Daniel E FormanGeriatric Cardiology Section, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
University of Colorado Denver · USVA Pittsburgh Healthcare System · USWellesley College · US

Funding

VARIABILITY, STABILITY & SMOOTHNESS OF WALKINGP30AG024827 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Caterina Rosano · 2004 to 2026
$28.6M
A Trial of Heart Failure Disease Management in Skilled Nursing FacilitiesR01HL113387 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI BOXER, REBECCA SUE · 2012 to 2017
$2.2M
Nitrite benefits to mediate fatigability in older HFpEF patientsR56AG051637 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FORMAN, DANIEL E. · 2016 to 2016
$595k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL113387NIA NIH HHS P30 AG024827NIA NIH HHS R56 AG051637
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have emerged as an integral component of care for older adults with heart failure (HF). Despite their prominent role, poor clinical outcomes for the medically complex patients with HF managed in SNFs are common. Barriers to providing quality care include poor transitional care during hospital-to-SNF and SNF-to-community discharges, lack of HF training among SNF staff, and a lack of a standardized care process among SNF facilities. Although no evidence-based practice standards have been established, various measures and tools designed to improve HF management in SNFs are being investigated. In this review, we discuss the challenges of HF care in SNFs as well as potential targets and recommendations that can help improve care with respect to transitions, HF management within SNFs, and modifiable factors within facilities. Policy considerations that might help catalyze improvements in SNF-based HF management are also discussed.

Indexed as

Skilled Nursing FacilitiesHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansTransitional CareUnited Statesheart failurepolicypost-acute careSkilled nursing facilitysystems of caretransitions

Identifiers

PMID27769909
PMCPMC7245613
OpenAlexW2535569076

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