Heart Failure: What You Need to Know (On Demand)

Activity description 

These materials are only intended for those that have watched the materials for Heart Failure: What You Need to Know.

Commonly seen in primary care in aging populations, heart failure can be a challenging diagnosis, especially in patients with comorbidities, and studies have shown that potential heart failure symptoms can often be missed during primary care visits. This activity will review the evaluation and diagnosis of heart failure to enable primary care providers (PCPs) to recognize this disease earlier along the heart failure continuum in all patients. It will also discuss medical treatments and management strategies that can promote improved outcomes and reduce heart failure-related hospitalization in the PCPs patient population.

Provided by
This activity is jointly provided by OptumHealth Education and Reliant Medical Group.

Commercial support
There was no commercial support received for this activity.

Target Audience

This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of nurse practitioners, PAs and physicians who have an interest in education that will facilitate the improved diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of heart failure in their patient populations.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

  • Describe the integral parts of a thorough clinical evaluation of heart failure.

  • Discuss the guidelines for the optimal medical treatment and management of heart failure.

  • Identify strategies to help reduce hospitalizations from heart failure.

Activity summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA - Physicians
  • 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
Activity opens: 
01/08/2022
Activity expires: 
01/08/2024
Rating: 
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Presenter
Nicole Lynn Fillipon, DO
Cardiologist
Reliant Medical Group

Activity planners
Elizabeth Albert, MD
Clinical Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education
Eden Prairie, MN

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, OptumHealth 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.

Method for calculating CE credit
CE credit was calculated by the complexity of content.

Accreditation statement
Joint Accreditation LogoIn support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by OptumHealth Education and Reliant Medical Group. OptumHealth 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
OptumHealth Education designates this 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.

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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