RESEARCH DESIGN: This is a prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial in patients who are admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of heart failure. Patients are stratified by reason for admission to the hospital. Stratum 1 includes patients whose primary reason for admission is HF and stratum 2 includes patients whose primary reason for hospital admission is not HF. The randomization will follow a cluster randomization design such that the community pharmacies will be randomized to deliver either an intervention (INTERVENTION) or usual care (CONTROL). Patients will be assigned to one of the two arms contingent upon which pharmacy they obtain most of their medications from. All patients receive standardized in-hospital education that has been previously validated (Eur J of HF, in press 2003). This education consists of educational booklets and videos on HF, health promotion and dietary information as well as relevant intervention from their community pharmacist that is aimed at helping the patients become more compliant with their medication and provide a framework of understanding that helps persistence.