We have identified several health services interventions in table below that are active, completed and planned.

ACTIVE PROJECTS
Project Label	Project Title	Principal Investigator
Goal 1 (Steps 1-3): Improving Life Prolonging Treatments
HFCOMM	Physician-Patient Communication in Patients with Heart Failure	Deswal, Anita
HFCVS	Variation in VA Compliance with CHF Guidelines: EPRP	Heidenreich, Paul
VAICD	Optimal Use and Cost-Effectiveness of ICDs in the VA Health Care System	Massie, Barry
ICDIMP	Impact of devices and procedures on cardiovascular diseases	Groeneveld, Peter
VAHFDB	VA Heart Failure Registry	Heidenreich, Paul
MEDIMAGE	Patient Medication Sheet with Pictures of Medications	Heidenreich, Paul
AFIBMI	Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Impact of Mental Illness	Frayne, Susan
EFQUAL	Quality of Measuring the LV Ejection Fraction	Heidenreich, Paul
ALDANT	Compliance with Guideline Recommended use of Aldosterone Antagonism use In the VA	Sahay, Anju
Goal 1 (Steps 4-6): Improving Life Prolonging Treatments
IMPL ECHO REMIND BB	National Implementation of Clinical Reminders in the Echo report for beta-blockers: RCT	Heidenreich, Paul
APNCEA	Cost-Effectiveness of a Nurse Based Program for Heart Failure Patients	Heidenreich, Paul
HFORG	Impact of Organization Factors on Quality of Heart Failure Care	Sahay, Anju
HFOEFOIF	Screening of OEI/OIF Veterans for Heart Failure	Heidenreich, Paul
HFCARE	Heart Failure Related Caregiver Information on My Health eVet	Sahay, Anju
Goal 2 (Steps 1-6): Decreasing Heart Failure Hospitalizations
HEARTPACT	Heart PACT: Patient Activation in High-Risk Patients with Heart Failure	Shively, Martha
PCDMHF	Collaborative Care Cardiac Trial in Heart Failure	Rumsfeld, John
IHI5MHF	National Collaborative to Improve the Transition from Inpatient  to Outpatient (IHI Initiative)	Heidenreich, Paul
HFCCHT	High Risk HF Identification for Care Coordination	Heidenreich, Paul
HFMHV	My Health eVet- Health Status Questionnaire and Care Assessment Tools	Heidenreich, Paul
HFNETWORK	Heart Failure Network: An Innovative Strategy for Implementation	Sahay, Anju
Goal 3 (Steps 1-6): Detecting Unsuspected Heart Failure
HF SCREENa	Comparison of VA and Medicare Outcomes	Heidenreich, Paul
HF SCREENb	Development of Toolkit for Recruitment of Nurse Facilitator for Heart Failure Clinics	Shlipak, Michael
Other Active Projects with CHF QUERI Collaboration
HFADHER	Non-adherence to ACEI and beta-blockers in the elderly with heart failure	Steinman, Michael
V23CDC	VISN 23: Chronic Disease Collaborative for Heart Failure	Anand, Inderjit

 

 

COMPLETED PROJECTS
Project Label	Project Title	Principal Investigator
ECHO REMIND ACEi	Clinical Reminders in Echo Reports to Improve Guideline Compliance	Heidenreich, Paul
HFPTED	Heart Failure Related Patient Education Materials for Veterans	Sahay, Anju
ECHO REMIND BB	Clinical Reminders in Diagnostic Test Reports to Improve Guideline Compliance	Heidenreich, Paul
BB Initiation	Innovative Strategies for Implementing New CHF Guideline Recommendations	Massie, Barry

 

 

PLANNED PROJECTS
Project Label	Project Title	Principal Investigator
HFOUTREACH	Advanced HF Outreach Program: Effect on Outcomes	Stehlik, Joseph
HFSHM	Heart Failure Shared Medical Appointment:  Improving Quality through Interdisciplinary Service Delivery	Piña, Ileana
HFNEES	Heart Failure Network: Partnership of VA Providers to Improve the Quality of Care for Veterans	Sahay, Anju
BBHF	Beta-Blocker Type and Outcome in Heart Failure	Heidenreich, Paul
HFDUAL	Impact of dual care (VA and Medicare) for patients with heart failure	Heidenreich, Paul
AAHYDISO	VA Use of Hydralazine/ Isosorbide Dinitrate for African Americans with Systolic Heart Failure	Heidenreich, Paul
HFNINFLU	Assessing Influence of the Heart Failure Network on Patient Outcomes	Wholey, Douglas