2019 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Risk Assessment, Management, and Clinical Trajectory of Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee

Discussion and Implication of Pathway2000 Acknowledgments2001 President and Staff2001 References2001 Appendix 1 Author Relationships With Industry and Other Entities (Relevant)—2019 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Risk Assessment, Management, and Clinical Trajectory of Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure2006 Appendix 2 Peer Reviewer Relationships With Industry and Other Entities —2019 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Risk Assessment, Management, and Clinical Trajectory of Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure2008 Appendix 3 Abbreviations2008 Appendix 4 Advance Care Planning2009 Appendix 5 Alternative Format for the Focused Discharge Handoff2010 Preface The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has a long history of developing documents (e.g., decision pathways, health policy statements, appropriate use criteria) to provide members with guidance on both clinical and nonclinical topics relevant to cardiovascular care. The success of the solutions sets rests firmly on their ability to have a measurable impact on the delivery of care. Because solutions sets reflect current evidence and ongoing gaps in care, the associated tools will be refined over time to best match member needs. [...]optimal flow and exchange of information throughout the hospitalization and care afterward is crucial to achieve the best outcomes. The document addresses collection and dissemination of information in several areas: ▪Explicit goals for therapy and assessment of the degree to which they have been achieved ▪Patient-specific comorbidities ▪Barriers to care ▪Therapies that have been titrated in-hospital and those planned for titration after discharge The key to these processes is to make data acquisition as easy as possible during hospitalization, make therapeutic options as transparent as possible, and present information in a format that makes it readily accessible to members of the interprofessional team throughout the healthcare system (20,21).