Is it COVID-19 or Is it Heart Failure?
To preserve healthcare resources and prevent vulnerable patients from being unnecessarily exposed to healthcare facilities and the Emergency Department (ED), healthcare practitioners are screening patients via virtual assessment (phone, telehealth or regionally available platforms), in order to determine the appropriate diagnostic and treatment approach.
HFSA President’s Update: April 2020
The novel Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has affected all of us in varied ways and continues to transform our world every single day. I wanted to let you know of the actions that your society is taking during this crisis to help our members, the heart failure provider community, and our patients.
Leading Health Care Groups Issue Urgent Call for Federal Action to Address Medical Equipment Shortages
This pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on our health care system and the lives of the very health care professionals being asked to combat this insidious virus. These heroic providers didn’t hesitate to step up to help those affected by COVID-19.