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Cardiac Disease Management
VNSW has created a Cardiac Disease Management Team that provides an advanced level of nursing assessment complemented by in-home arrhythmia and EKG monitoring, oxygen saturation rates, fluid status measurement and anti-coagulation testing. The EKG weighs 4 oz. and fits directly into the nurses’ laptop computers, which enables them to perform an EKG and rhythm strip on the laptop, bedside in the patient’s home.
In Westchester, a home-based approach to rhythm assessment is exclusive to VNSW’s Cardiac Disease Management Program. Home visits made by the VNSW Cardiac Team are covered by insurance as a skilled nursing visit, with no additional charge to the patient.
Program Benefits
- Early intervention of symptoms
- Improve patient compliance with medication and diet regimen
- Increase functional abilities
- Enhance the self-management skills of patients
- Decrease re-hospitalization rates
- Severe or terminal patients will be maintained at home Improve quality of life
Services
- In-home Arrhythmia and EKG monitoring, Oxygen Saturation Rates, Fluid Status Measurement and Anti-Coagulation Testing
- Patient and family education regarding medications, disease process and prevention, symptom management, daily weights, reportable signs and symptoms
- As needed, physical and occupational therapy, social work and home health aide services to improve quality of life
- Evaluation of outcomes based on improved endurance, comfort, reduction in re-hospitalizations
E-mail for more info, or call (914) 682-1480, ext. 635
