Trainings & Webinars

Title and Description	Author	Sources	Year Sort ascending	Category
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Emerging Strategies
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	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	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	Making the Case
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	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	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	Staff Training
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	Staff Training
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	Making the Case
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	Patient Education
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	Engage Leadership
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Making the Case

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