Cardiac Rehabilitation for Heart Failure: New Data, New Opportunities and a Way Forward (bundle)

Presented by Tara Lagu, MD, MPH; Alexis Beatty, MD, MAS; Stacey Greenway, MA, MPH, FAACVPR, CCRP; Ashley Will, MBA, RRT, RCP
Disclosures: None

1.25 CEUs: AACVPR, AMA, CDR, ANCC, ACSM

Description: Over the last five years, Dr. Lagu and a team of cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) experts have conducted a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study aimed at increasing participation of CR by people with heart failure (HF). In this panel session, recorded at the 2024 Annual Meeting, she and a group of experts will share their lessons learned about real-world strategies to increase CR use in this population and a road map for the future. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe current rates of use CR for patients with HF, what the most recent data suggests about benefits of CR for people with HF, common barriers and effective strategies to increase the use of CR for patients with HF, and expert consensus recommendations to increase CR use for HF.
2. Discuss how leading CR programs have identified novel strategies and refined existing strategies to increase referral, enrollment and retention of patients with HF.
3. Discuss how quality improvement efforts can be maximized through use of data, engagement of leadership to champion CR, identification of organizational readiness for change and participation in learning communities.
4. Discuss the future of CR for HF, including research, practice improvement and state, regional and national policy changes that could help to increase uptake of CR by people with HF.