Heart Failure — NICS' Vision
NICS vision for 2005 and beyond is:
- Heart failure diagnosed and patients assessed and managed according to the best available evidence
- Patients and carers with a better understanding of their condition and better access to high quality self-management resources and support
- Chronic care management systems in place to support clinicians and enable heart failure patients to receive best practice care
- Heart failure seen as a priority for national action
- Accurate clinical performance data available on a routine basis at the local and national level
- The knowledge gained from more systematic approaches to heart failure management applied to other chronic conditions
Dr Sue Phillips, heart failure program manager