Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the most common cause of hospitalization in the US for people older than 65 years of age1.
- More than 900,000 people with heart failure are admitted to the emergency room every year. That is 2 patients every minute2
- It has the highest 30-day re-hospitalization rate among medical and surgical conditions, accounting for up to 26.9% of the total readmission rates1
- Approximately 550,000 new cases are diagnosed in the U.S. each year. Congestive heart failure affects people of all ages, from children and young adults to the middle-aged and the elderly3.
- Almost 1.4 million persons with CHF are under 60 years of age. CHF is present in 2 percent of persons age 40 to 593.
Virtual Care is VitalCare
VitalCare for CHF
VitalCare’s easy-to-use remote patient monitoring solution makes managing CHF simple.
Patient is empowered to manage their condition
Allows care team to perform patient assessment through completed surveys and questionnaires that patients complete at their leisure
Provides alerts to notify the care team when established thresholds are breached and allows for immediate follow-up action
Patient can message their care team with concerns or to request information
Provides the care team with the ability to communicate as needed through through a variety of tools
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2: American Heart Association – https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.117.006955