These resources can help you implement GWTG–HF in your hospital.

Supporting Guidelines:

• ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult (Summary version) 

GWTG–HF Clinical Tools: Compiled from high-performing hospitals nationwide, use these samples to improve care at your own hospital.

Discharge Orders/Discharge Instructions

• Cleveland Clinic (Florida): Heart Failure Discharge Sheet
• Coral Gables Hospital: Heart Failure Discharge Instructions 
• Hazelton General Hospital: Heart Failure Discharge Instructions 
• Marion General Hospital Ohio Health: Heart Failure Discharge Orders 
• Marion General Hospital Ohio Health: Heart Failure Discharge Instructions 
• Memorial Health System: Heart Failure Discharge Instructions   
• Memorial Health System: Heart Failure Discharge Instructions (Device Insertion) 
• SCA Prevention: HF Admission to Discharge Checklist
• SCA Prevention: HF and AMI Discharge Summary Checklist
• Vassar Brothers Medical Center: Heart Failure Discharge Instructions   

Order Sets

• Hazelton General Hospital: Heart Failure Order Sets 
• Marion General Hospital: Heart Failure Admission Orders 
• Memorial Health System: Heart Failure Order Sets 
• Quincy Medical Center: Heart Failure Order Sets 
• SCA Prevention: Chest Pain/ACS Admission Orders
• SCA Prevention: HF Admission Orders

Pathways/Algorithms

• Memorial Health System: Heart Failure Pathway 
• SCA Prevention: Treatment Algorithm

Patient Education

• Palomar Medical Center: Patient Education: Living with Heart Failure 
• SCA Prevention: AMI Patient Discharge Contract
• SCA Prevention: HF Patient Discharge Contract
• St. Anthony Hospitals Centura Health: Patient Education: Symptom Tracker
• St. Anthony Hospitals Centura Health: Patient Education: Understanding Heart Failure
• University Hospital Case Medical Center: Patient Education: Living With Heart Failure English Brochure 
• University Hospital Case Medical Center: Patient Education: Living With Heart Failure Spanish Brochure 
• University Hospitals Case Medical Center: Patient Education: Heart Failure Education Summary 
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What are Arrhythmias (English)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What are Arrhythmias (Spanish)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Caregiver Information (English)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Caregiver Information (Spanish)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Diagnosing Heart Failure (English)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Diagnosing Heart Failure (Spanish)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Medicines (English)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Medicines (Spanish)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Normal Heart Function (English)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Normal Heart Function(Spanish)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: SCA Patient Fact Sheet (English)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: SCA Patient Fact Sheet (Spanish)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: ProviderContact Info (English)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Provider Contact Info (Spanish)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Patient Post ICD SCA FAQs (English)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Patient Post ICD SCA FAQs (Spanish)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Patient Pre ICD SCA FAQs (English)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Patient Pre ICD SCA FAQs (Spanish)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Roadmap Better Health (English)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Roadmap Better Health (Spanish)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Role of Ejection Fraction (English)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: Role of Ejection Fraction (Spanish)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What is Heart Failure (English)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What is Heart Failure (Spanish)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What is SCA (English)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What is SCA (Spanish)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What To Do To Manage Heart Failure (English)
• SCA Prevention: Patient Education: What To Do To Manage Heart Failure (Spanish)

Mortality Risk Model

• Get With The Guidelines-HF Predictors of In Hospital Mortality Poster

Other

• Cleveland Clinic Hospital (Florida): Patient Family Teaching Record 
• Denton Regional Medical Center: Heart Failure Screening Checklist
• Marion General Hospital Ohio Health Heart Failure Screening Checklist 
• SCA Prevention: Hospital Letter
• St. Anthony Hospitals Centura Health: Heart Failure Chart Reminder
• St. Anthony Hospitals Centura Health: Heart Failure Physician Outlier Letter 

• Implementation Tips
• ICD-9 Diagnosis Codes for GWTG–HF
• Common Barriers & Solutions