DEFINITIONS

ICARe-HF: Improving Care through Accreditation and Recognition in Heart Failure

Specialised Quality of Care Centres (QCCs) will manage patients referred from community QCCs for further aetiological diagnostic assessment and treatment, as well as acute/decompensated HF patients of intermediate complexity. They will involve district hospitals with intensive care units and cardiac catheterization facilities. The availability of electrophysiology and device implantation capacity will be strongly recommended.

QCC Director: the QCC director is the director of the centre/institution/HF unit

QCC Coordinator: the QCC Coordinator is the local HF expert within the centre/institution/HF unit

The QCC Director and the QCC Coordinator can be the same person.