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Heart Failure Management: 2024 Update (RGV 8/6/2024)
Activity description
These materials are only intended for those that attended the live activity held August 6, 2024.
This educational activity will provide an in-depth review of the latest evidence-based therapies for the management of heart failure (HF). Participants will gain insights into the prevalence of and risk factors for HF, review the updated classifications and stages of this disease and explore the benefits of current medical therapies. The session will address common barriers to therapy optimization and strategies for overcoming them, with the aim of improving patient outcomes through the effective implementation of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT).
Provided by
This activity is jointly provided by Optum Health Education and WellMed.
Commercial support
There was no commercial support received for this activity.
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Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of nurses, nurse practitioners, PAs and physicians who have an interest in heart failure.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe the prevalence of and risk factors for HF and its impact on public health.
- Identify the different stages of HF and its classifications based on ejection fraction (EF).
- Explain the four main classes of GDMT for HF with reduced EF (HFrEF), including the use of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors.
- Discuss the reasons for therapy underutilization in HF and strategies to overcome these barriers.
- Implement evidence-based strategies for the early and rapid initiation of GDMT to reduce HF hospitalizations and cardiovascular mortality.
Presenter
Michael Almaleh, MD, FACC
Chief of Cardiology and Specialized Care
WellMed Medical Management
Activity planner
Elizabeth Albert, MD
Clinical Activity Manager
Optum Health Education
Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Optum Health Education (OHE) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.
The activity faculty or planners have no financial relationships to disclose.
Accreditation statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Optum Health Education and Optum Corporate Strategy. Optum Health Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit designation statements
Physicians
Optum Health Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PAs
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Medical assistants
The American Association of Medical Assistants allows up to 30 non-AAMA recertification points for CMAs (AAMA) who are recertifying by continuing education. Please see the following link for more information: http://www.aama-ntl.org/continuing-education/ceus#nonaamaceus
Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 1.0 contact hour(s) of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.
Nurse practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been pre-approved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization with which they wish to obtain credit.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA - Physicians
- 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
- 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
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