Often times many patients will delay reaching out to their health care provider because they believe they are not in a life-threatening situation. Consequently, the patients who decline to contact their care provider in the event of a change in their condition fail to realize that the nature of CHF is a life-threatening situation, which requires close monitoring at all times. Thus, the HT could be effective in not only reducing readmissions within thirty days of discharge, but it could also be a teaching tool for disease maintenance which leads to patient autonomy, which in turn leads to a higher quality of life in those patients who have
Often times many patients will delay reaching out to their health care provider because they believe they are not in a life-threatening situation. Consequently, the patients who decline to contact their care provider in the event of a change in their condition fail to realize that the nature of CHF is a life-threatening situation, which requires close monitoring at all times. Thus, the HT could be effective in not only reducing readmissions within thirty days of discharge, but it could also be a teaching tool for disease maintenance which leads to patient autonomy, which in turn leads to a higher quality of life in those patients who have