American Heart Association Launches Connected Care Virtual Program With Cadence to Cut Heart Failure Readmissions
The pilot blends AHA guidelines with Cadence's AI monitoring to deliver 24/7 post-discharge support at home.
Overview
- The program is piloting at four hospitals: Texas Health Allen (TX), Rutherford Regional Medical Center (Rutherfordton, NC), Frye Regional Medical Center (Hickory, NC), and Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (Monterey, CA).
- Hospitals refer eligible patients before discharge while Cadence enrolls them, supplies devices, trains on use, monitors vital signs, and provides continuous virtual clinical support.
- Goals center on reducing 30-day readmissions, improving adherence to guideline-directed medical therapy, and extending personalized cardiometabolic care beyond hospital walls.
- The rollout focuses on integrating referrals into discharge workflows and delivering always-on remote monitoring without reported clinical outcomes yet.
- Program backers cite high needs in heart failure care, with nearly one in four patients readmitted within 30 days and fewer than 20% receiving all four therapy pillars after discharge.