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Review online trainings and webinars on tips and best practices to implement successful cardiac rehabilitation programs. Resources can be sorted by selecting the underlined column headings in the table below.

Trainings & Webinars

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Delivering Effective Patient Education in On-Site and Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation

This webinar discusses strategies for delivering virtual education and introduces Toronto Rehab’s new virtual cardiac rehabilitation model that remains comprehensive and meets all quality indicators.

Oh P, Ghisi G, Yan M, Aultman C AACVPR 2021 locked key icon Staff Training
Virtual Rehabilitation Module Series

This module series guides professionals through evidence-based virtual delivery, components of delivery, regulatory considerations, case studies and more.

AACVPR AACVPR 2021 locked key icon Staff Training
Innovations that Can Improve Your Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

This TAKEheart affinity group was designed to explore and share insights with peers and get practical ideas from a panel of CR program leaders, patients, and researchers focused on innovations that can improve cardiac rehabilitation programs.

Haglin H, Hyduk J, Schaub S, Thomas M TAKEheart 2021 unlocked key icon Emerging Strategies
Improving Support for Women That Need Cardiac Rehabilitation

This TAKEheart affinity group was designed to explore, learn and share insights with peers and get practical ideas from a panel of CR program leaders, patients, and researchers focused on improving outcomes for women in cardiac rehabilitation.

DeVelacsco A, Myrick J TAKEheart 2021 unlocked key icon Emerging Strategies
CMS Final Rule and Strategic Planning for 2021

This TAKEheart affinity group was designed to explore the December 2020 CMS Final Rule and the important implications for CR programs’ ability to bill for virtual CR services for the duration of 2021 and possibly longer.

Lui K, Keteyian S, Schaub S TAKEheart 2020 unlocked key icon Emerging Strategies
Leveraging Data to Enhance Your CR Program

This TAKEheart affinity group was designed to explore the collection and use of data within CR programs. Effective use of data is essential for CR programs and foundational to automatic referral systems and enhanced care coordination.

DeAngelis J, Thomas M TAKEheart 2020 unlocked key icon Emerging Strategies
Coping with Staffing Challenges in Today’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

This TAKEheart affinity group was designed to provide an opportunity to explore how CR programs responded to staffing challenges.

Brandhorst S, Briggs K, Greenway S, Miller T, Stabile L TAKEheart 2020 unlocked key icon Emerging Strategies
Emerging Strategies for Supporting CR Patients Between Onsite Visits

This TAKEheart affinity group was designed to provide an opportunity for peer-to-peer sharing to explore how CR programs are supporting patients in-between onsite visits.

Hyduk J, Lui K, McNair T, Thomas R, Vaughn L TAKEheart 2020 unlocked key icon Emerging Strategies
Operational Adjustments While Resuming In-Person Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

This TAKEheart affinity group was designed to provide an opportunity for peer-to-peer sharing on how CR programs adapted their onsite operations as patients returned.

Compton M, Eimers-Mosier N, Esguerra A, Gallagher J, Haglin H TAKEheart 2020 unlocked key icon Emerging Strategies
Promoting Patient Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation eLearning Course

This online training course is designed to help health care providers educate heart patients about the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation.

Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada University Health Network Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Program 2020 unlocked key icon Making the Case
Patient Safety While Resuming In-Person Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Operations

This TAKEheart affinity group was designed to provide an opportunity for peer-to-peer sharing related to the challenge of patient and staff safety for CR programs resuming in-person patient visits following pandemic-related closures.

Skali H, Traynor K TAKEheart 2020 unlocked key icon Emerging Strategies
Patient Support Resources and Educational Materials Utilized by CR Programs During the Pandemic

This TAKEheart affinity group was designed to provide an opportunity for sharing of resources, educational materials, tools, and processes that hospitals were using to engage and retain eligible patients in CR during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hindman H, Keltner E, Johnson W, Morris V TAKEheart 2020 unlocked key icon Emerging Strategies
Adapting Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Operations in Response to Short- and Long-Term Coronavirus Pandemic Impacts

This TAKEheart affinity group was designed to provide an opportunity for peer-to-peer sharing on the challenges associated with engaging and retaining eligible patients in cardiac rehabilitation during and following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Skali H TAKEheart 2020 unlocked key icon Emerging Strategies
Addressing Challenges with Cardiac Rehabilitation amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

This TAKEheart affinity group was designed to generate discussion among participants about challenges the COVID-19 pandemic is posing for CR programs and how programs are responding to them and preparing for the future.

Keteyian S, Traynor K, Merritt G TAKEheart 2020 unlocked key icon Emerging Strategies
Leveraging Behavioral Economics for Better Cardiovascular Outcomes

In this 2019 Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research video, Mitesh Patel, MD, MBA, MS is interviewed about his research on using principles of behavioral economics to achieve better outcomes for patients recovering from a cardiac event.

American Heart Association American Heart Association 2019 unlocked key icon Staff Training
How to Use Your Home Blood Pressure Monitor

This short video from the National Association of Community Health Centers teaches patients how to use their home blood pressure monitor.

National Association of Community Health Centers National Association of Community Health Centers 2018 unlocked key icon Patient Education
Million Hearts®: Getting to 70% Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation: Action Steps for Hospitals

This presentation from Million Hearts gives an overview of what cardiac rehabilitation is and actions that hospitals and health systems can take to improve participation.

Million Hearts Million Hearts 2018 unlocked key icon Making the Case
Cardiac Rehab Information for Physicians Webinar Series

This 1-hour webinar series provides physicians, especially medical directors of cardiac rehabilitation programs, with the didactic knowledge needed to optimize care for patients.

American College of Cardiology American College of Cardiology 2018 locked key icon Engage Leadership
Facilitating the Referral & Participation of Patients to CR through Value Based Management Principles

This American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation webcast reviews the process of patient referral and participation in cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation through the lens of value-based care.

Garwick T, Whiteson J American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation 2018 locked key icon Staff Training
Million Hearts 2022: A Compelling Call to Action

This CDC pdf slide deck and training tool highlights the Million Hearts 2022 campaign, along with the role cardiac rehabilitation plays in the effort.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2018 unlocked key icon Engage Leadership
Patient Navigator Program: Focus MI

This series of webinars share best practices around the implementation of the American College of Cardiology’s Patient Navigator Program: Focus MI, aimed to improve care for acute myocardial infarction patients.

American College of Cardiology American College of Cardiology 2018 unlocked key icon Staff Training
Cost Sharing: An Important Modifiable Barrier to Full Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation

This presentation highlights a study that evaluated the relationship between cost-sharing and attendance at cardiac rehabilitation sessions. The study demonstrate that cost-sharing has a negative impact on cardiac rehabilitation attendance.

Farah M, Ainani N, Szalai H, Visintainer P, Lindenauer P, Abdallah M, Pack Q American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation 2017 unlocked key icon Quality Improvement
A Telephone Intervention to Improve Patient Return Rates in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study

The findings of a study outlined in this presentation showed that motivational telephone interventions delivered shortly after outpatient cardiac rehabilitation improves patient return rates.

LaValley G, Szalai H, Pack Q, Storer A American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation 2017 unlocked key icon Staff Training
Improving Access to Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Veterans Health Administration

This presentation reviews participation in cardiac rehabilitation before and after enactment of a home-based cardiac rehabilitation program. It found that a home-based program significantly increased participation.

Krishnarthi N, Schopfer D, Rohrbach G, Bettencourt M, Pabst M, Whooley M American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation 2017 unlocked key icon Quality Improvement
Certified Advocate Training Modules

This Mended Hearts Certified Advocate Training Course is an online training consisting of five modules. Each module includes a short video and handouts aimed to highlight the “power of the patient voice.”

Power of the Patient Voice Mended Hearts 2016 locked key icon Staff Training
Impact of an Individualized Patient Self-Monitoring Tool of Scheduled Cardiac Rehabilitation Visits on Attendance

This study overview reviews whether the number of completed cardiac rehabilitation sessions would be behaviorally different with a customized patient self-monitoring tool versus cardiac rehabilitation alone.

Saval M, Kerrigan D, Harbac R, Reasons L, Aldred H, Ehrman J, Keteyian S American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation 2016 unlocked key icon Patient Education
Patient Characteristics Predictive of Failure to Complete a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

This University of Vermont Medical Center study overview highlights associations between the number of cardiac rehabilitation sessions completed and patient demographics, clinical characteristics, smoking status, and socioeconomic status.

Savage P, Gaalema D, Rengo J, Cutler A, Elliott R, Priest J, Higgins S, Ades P American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation 2016 unlocked key icon Patient Education
Cardiac Rehabilitation Enrollment and Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction

This presentation highlights an 18-month effort by the University of Vermont Medical Center to enroll congestive heart failure patients into cardiac rehabilitation and provides factors that influence patients’ attendance.

Rengo J, Savage P, Barrett T, Ades P American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation 2016 unlocked key icon Quality Improvement
Patient Perceptions of Cardiac Rehabilitation within Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Facilities with High Verses Low Program Utilization

This presentation highlights a study showing that impediments to patient participation in cardiac rehabilitation can be overcome when providers emphasize cardiac rehabilitation, educate patients about its benefits, and take other steps.

Allsup K, McIntosh N, McDannold S, Fix G, Manning K, Schopfer D, Whooley M, Charns M, Forman D American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation 2016 unlocked key icon Making the Case

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