Chelsea Heart Failure Program

Chelsea Heart Failure Program

  • About
  • Approach
  • Services
  • Appointments
  • Resources
  • Doctors

    • The Chelsea Heart Failure Program at U-M Health is designed for patients with heart failure requiring hospitalization. It is a program designed and directed by heart failure specialists in collaboration with hospitalists. The program begins with inpatient care delivered by physicians at Chelsea Hospital.

    At discharge, patients are enrolled in the Heart Failure Bridges and Transitions Program. This program provides patients with close monitoring and education during the first month after discharge. This is a critical time as medication changes often need to be made to keep patients well. With several interventions, this program seeks to minimize the risk of repeat hospitalization and set patients on the path to long-term success.

    Our Approach

    Our program will provide patients with the following:

    • Highly-rated inpatient care from U-M Health hospitalists and Chelsea staff
    • Daily virtual consultations from a heart failure specialist
    • Multidisciplinary, protocol-driven assessments and optimization of diuretic therapy
    • Pharmacist-guided, protocol-driven optimization of heart failure medications
    • Continued long-term care following discharge with a cardiologist
    • Education from physicians, pharmacists, and nutritionists using a virtual platform
    • Access to written education materials
    • Access to digital self-care monitoring kits for care following discharge
    • Access to additional virtual nutrition courses
    • Two visits within 10 days of discharge
    • Two virtual visits within 4 weeks of discharge
    • One virtual visit within 2 weeks of discharge with a nutritionist

    Services

    Inpatient care is provided by U-M Health hospitalists. Outpatient care is offered through the U-M Health Heart Failure Bridges and Transitions Program, which begins after discharge. This program includes:

    Appointment Information

    This program requires a referral.

    Patients: Please discuss your eligibility for this program with your provider. 

    Providers: For handoff and to confirm a bed is available, call/text MHC attending:

    Direct CHF Admission to U-M Health Chelsea

     

    Patient Resources
    • Day 1: Nurse monitoring through Heart Failure Program begins
    • Day 3: Virtual Visit with Heart Failure team
    • Day 7: Virtual Visit with cardiovascular nutritionist
    • Day 10: In-Person Visit with Heart Failure team
    • Day 14: Virtual Visit with pharmacist
    • Day 24: In-Person Visit with cardiologist or HF specialist
    • Day 28: Virtual Visit with pharmacist
    • Day 30: Patient assessed for need of continued nurse monitoring by HF team

    Doctors

     Search for a U-M Health doctor     Kareem M Ballut, MD

    Kareem M Ballut, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Cardiovascular Disease, Critical Care Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology, Internal Medicine

    Abbas Bitar, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

    Jessica Rachel Golbus, MD

    Jessica Rachel Golbus, MD

    Assistant Professor

    Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

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    Todd Michael Koelling, MD

    Professor

    Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

    Matthew Christopher Konerman, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

    Taylor Alexander Lebeis, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease

    Marty Chun-Yen Tam, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor

    Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

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