Empowering People Living with Heart Failure

Abstract

Heart failure is a chronic disease with a multitude of different clinical manifestations. Empowering people living with heart failure requires education, support structure, understanding the needs of patients, and reimaging the care delivery systems currently offered to patients. In this article, the authors discuss practical approaches to activate and empower people with heart failure and enable patient-provider dialogue and shared decision making.

Keywords: Cardiomyopathy; Dyspnea; Patient-centered medical homes; Patient-reported outcomes; Pharmacists; Pulmonary hypertension; Remote patient monitoring.