Implementation of the Hospital to Home (H2H) Heart Failure Initiative

Implementation of the Hospital to Home (H2H) Heart Failure Initiative

This study determines if a community of practice of clinicians and quality improvement specialists can be used to implement a national quality initiative known as Hospital to Home (H2H). This quality initative is designed to reduced readmission rates for patients with heart failure or heart attack by improving the transition of care upon discharge.

Inclusion Criteria:

• VA medical centers are the unit of randomization. A medical center will be included if had at least 20 patients discharged with a principal diagnosis of heart failure in 2008