from The Basics Series:
CORE Measures: Heart Failure Measure Set
Title:  CORE Measures: Congestive Heart Failure (HF)
Measure Set

Overall Purpose:
Transparency of quality data in healthcare is a reality. This
activity presents detailed information on the metrics,
definitions, collection requirements and other specifications of
the Congestive Heart Failure (HF) CORE measure set.

Nurses with detailed knowledge of the national quality metrics
will be able to contribute to healthcare quality improvement at
their workplace.  This knowledge can also be utilized during
the nurse’s career development while pursuing certification in
healthcare quality (CPHQ).

Objectives:
After studying the materials, the learner will be able to
  • Describe individual measures in the HF Measure set.
  • Analyze HF Measure data collection issues at their home
    facility.

This course offers 1.96 contact hours for successful
completion and is available for purchase at $60
.  These
contact hours are accepted by many professiona bodies;
however, contact hours for nursing will not be available after  9-
22-2010.

This course is available in a live onsite format, a webinar, and
a downloaded, self-directed computer based module.  

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and how to receive your continuing education contact hours.