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Implementing Best Practices for Heart Failure Patients

The new OASIS-C includes new data elements that measure an agency’s process for responding to heart failure issues that are included in the cardiac status section. These two new items, M1500 Symptoms in Heart Failure Patients, and M1510 Heart Failure Follow-up, are completed on transfer and discharge. They appear individually within a new section labeled cardiac [...]

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Heart Failure Interventions: Patient Education

Patient and caregiver education is vital in the successful management of heart failure symptoms. Patients and caregivers can be empowered when considered as a key in their “healthcare team” and provided the understanding and tools to take control of their own disease process. Emphasize to the patient and/or caregiver that they do have the “first [...]

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Policy Pointers for OASIS-C and Heart Failure Patients

OASIS-C includes two data elements addressing the status of patients with a diagnosis of heart failure: • M1500, symptoms in heart failure patients asks if the patient exhibited symptoms • M1510 heart failure follow-up, targets the actions an agency takes, from no action to actively obtaining orders for changes in the care plan. The need to measure homecare [...]

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OASIS-C Process Measures: Cardiac Status

Considerations related to the cardiac process measure should include: Review agency demographics and diagnosis statistics. How prevalent is heart failure within the agency’s census? Establish policies for cardiac assessment, including whether such assessment is stressed during orientation. What are clinician expectations for follow-up and physician notification? Consider establishing specific protocols. Establish focus audits for cardiac cases. If the [...]

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What changes in heart failure data elements should we look out for in OASIS-C?

Q: If our agency works primarily with older patients and deals with heart issues frequently, is there anything we should be aware of about the heart failure data elements? A: Data element M1500, symptoms in heart failure patients, asks whether a patient diagnosed with heart failure exhibited symptoms of heart failure. If so, heart failure follow-up [...]

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