This monitoring affects patients with all heart failure diagnoses except atrial fibrillation, and patients with a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation when the discharging provider indicates the patient does have a history or symptoms of heart failure on the Core Measures form.
When the patient has a history or symptoms of heart failure, the ordering provider is required to enter the target dry weight (lbs) for the patient. This information is included in the PHPCP.
Holding the mouse pointer over the 
for the target dry weight entry displays the medical rationale for
patient self-monitoring of dry weight.
