Promoting Patient-Centered Care Through a Heart Failure Simulation Study

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Male or female \> 18 years of age. 2. Ability to understand and sign a written informed consent form, which must be obtained prior to initiation of any study procedures. 3. Documentation of HF of any etiology based on clinical assessment of the Primary Investigator, using standard-of-care criteria for diagnosis. 4. Heart failure of either preserved or reduced ventricular function. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients requiring ICU monitoring 2. LVAD candidate/recipient 3. Cardiac transplant candidate/recipient 4. Confusion 5. Sepsis 6. Terminal illness (other than HF) with expected survival of less than 1 year 7. Enrollment or planned enrollment in another randomized clinical trial during this hospitalization 8. Inability to comply with planned study procedures 9. Active illicit drug use 10. Participation in any other clinical trials involving investigational or marketed products within 30 days prior to entry in the study. 11. Other conditions that in the opinion of the Primary Investigator may increase risk to the subject and/or compromise the quality of the clinical trial.