The healthcare problem is high readmission rates regarding congestive heart failure.

The hospital readmissions are significant because the problem was never controlled by the patient at home due to lack of understanding or patient instruction adherence.

The current practice related to the problem is there is a lack of CHF clinics that will help to manage the heart failure outpatient.

The problem impacts the patient and hospitals by unnecessary readmissions by using resources from the hospital and patient’s finances.  Regarding my local area of a high Hispanic population, it is a cultural norm to visit family members weekly and have small food get-togethers that impacts the patient’s diet.

For patients with congestive heart failure, will providing a CHF care program decrease re-hospitalizations compared to not providing a care program?