Approximately two million Americans have heart failure with 400,00 new cases diagnosed annually. This accounts for an estimated cost of $23 billion in hospitalizations. Many of these hospitalizations could have been prevented by an improvement of the outpatient care for this population of patients.

The Goals of Treatment for patients with heart failure include:

The Congestive Heart Failure Service at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center is a specialty service to facilitate the optimization of care for the patient with heart failure. We are committed to collaboration and communication with the primary care physician and cardiologist.