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Title and Description	Author	Sources	Year Sort ascending	Access*	Category
AACVPR Fact Sheet: Virtual Delivery of Cardiac And Pulmonary Rehabilitation Opportunities During the Covid 19 Pandemic This resource offers tips to consider for the virtual delivery of CR during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the process/rules for delivery for Medicare beneficiaries.	AACVPR	AACVPR	2021		Emerging Strategies
SMBP CPT® coding This document from the American Medical Association provides an overview of CPT codes for self-measured blood pressure monitoring and parameters for using these codes.	American Medical Association	American Medical Association	2020		Staff Training
Topline Findings: A National Analysis of Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Coverage and Reimbursement This document summarizes findings from a national analysis that showed self-measured blood pressure monitoring coverage and reimbursement from payers is limited. This results in a key barrier in the uptake of this effective service.	George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, Million Hearts	National Association of Chronic Disease Directors	2020		Staff Training
Cardiac Rehabilitation Communications Toolkit This communications toolkit equips health systems with resources and messages to spread awareness about the value of cardiac rehabilitation and solutions for increasing participation.	Million Hearts	Million Hearts	2020		Staff Training
Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Webpage This curated list of tools and resources includes guides, infographics, and success stories of how self-measured blood pressure monitoring can help people with hypertension lower their blood pressure and improve overall heart health.	Millions Hearts	Million Hearts	2019		Patient Education
HDS-22: Heart Attack Survivors Referred to a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program: Disparities Overview by Age Group This graphic posted on the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion website highlights the findings of disparities by age of heart attack survivors for referral to cardiac rehabilitation 2009 and 2017.	HealthyPeople2020	HealthyPeople2020	2019		Patient Education
HDS-22: Heart Attack Survivors Referred to a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program: Disparities Overview by Sex This graphic posted on the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion website highlights the findings of disparities by sex of heart attack survivors for referral to cardiac rehabilitation between 2009 and 2017.	HealthyPeople2020	HealthyPeople2020	2019		Patient Education
HDS-22: Heart Attack Survivors Referred to a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program: Disparities Overview by Race and Ethnicity This graphic posted on the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion website highlights the findings of disparities by race and ethnicity of heart attack survivors for referral to cardiac rehabilitation between 2009 and 2017.	HealthyPeople2020	HealthyPeople2020	2019		Patient Education
Cardiac Rehabilitation Adherence Strategy: Incorporating Motivational and Financial Incentives This Cardiac Rehabilitation Adherence Strategy from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation highlights how incentives can increase cardiac rehabilitation attendance, treatment completion, and adherence rates.	American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation	American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation	2018		Quality Improvement
Educational Sessions for Accelerated CR Programs This list of educational courses from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation highlights courses that can be delivered as part of accelerated CR programs.	American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation	American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation	2018		Staff Training
An Exploration of the Impact of the "Open Gym" Scheduling Model of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation on Completion, Attendance, and Health Outcomes This presentation highlights an initiative to reform programs to benefit cardiac rehabilitation patients through enhanced engagement by establishing an open gym scheduling model, and the resulting conclusions.	Whited M, Ellis J, Freeman J, Corson A, Greenway S, Busch A, Whited A, Sears S	American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation	2017		Quality Improvement
Barriers and Potential Solutions to Increase Cardiac Rehabilitation Completion Rates: Patient's Perspective This Mayo Clinic presentation highlights a study to identify patient-reported barriers to completion of a cardiac rehabilitation program, along with facilitators that might increase cardiac rehabilitation completion.	Supervia M, Medina-Inojosa J, Douglas K, Hathaway J, Leth S, Squires R, Pérez-Terzic C, Lopez-Jiminez F, Martinez-Jarreta B, Thomas R	American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation	2017		Quality Improvement
Impact of Patient Navigation on Cardiac Rehabilitation Enrollment for Radial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Patients This poster presentation highlights the exploration of a process improvement strategy on post procedure radial PCI patients using an automatic CR referral system and patient navigator rounding, findings, and proposed next steps.	Summers G, Martizia-Rash R	American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation	2017		Quality Improvement
Effect of Inpatient Recruiting on Attendance at Phase II Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation This poster highlights a study on the effects of a non-physician inpatient recruitment model on the percentage of patients participating in outpatient CR and the number of days between hospital discharge and the first session.	Saval M, Kurtz R, Majchrzak A, Kilian S, Kerrigan D, Ehrman J, Keteyian S	American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation	2017		Patient Education
Electronic Case Managing: The New Age Cardiac Rehabilitation To increase cardiac rehabilitation completion rates, this Mayo Clinic poster presentation highlights a quality-improvement project to improve completion of cardiac rehabilitation components while increasing patient satisfaction through an app.	Peterson C, Becker J, Bowman M, Hodgman K, Olson T, Squires R, Thomas R	American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation	2017		Quality Improvement
Do High Referral Rates Translate to High Participation Rates in Cardiac Rehabilitation? A Regional Experience This poster presentation highlights a study of 531 patients eligible for cardiac rehabilitation to determine if wait times for access to cardiac rehabilitation programs affect patient participation rates.	Frechette K, Conley S, Tang A, Welch T	American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation	2017		Quality Improvement
Telehealth in Rural Communities: How CDC Develops Programs That Deliver Care in New Ways This CDC fact sheet outlines programs, including cardiac rehabilitation, that reduce barriers to care for people who live far away from specialists or who have transportation or mobility issues.	CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion	Center for Disease Control and Prevention	2017		Staff Training
Women and Cardiac Rehabilitation: Evidence-Based Barriers and Solutions This poster presentation highlights an evidence review by Mayo Clinic researchers to identify sex-related barriers to cardiac rehabilitation and their potential solutions applicable for women.	Pola M, Yeung C, Medina-Inojosa J, Brewer L, Leth S, Squires R, Pérez-Terzic C, Lopez-Jimenez F, Thomas R	American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation	2016		Staff Training

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