Advances in Heart Failure Pharmacotherapy

 

Release Date: February 8, 2017

Last Reviewed: February 7, 2017

Expiration Date: February 8, 2018

 

This activity is provided by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education.

 

Director

Center for Clinical Genomics

Research Director and Staff Cardiologist

Section of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Medicine

Cleveland Clinic

Professor of Medicine

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

 

Associate Chief Nursing Officer

Office of Nursing Research and Innovation

Cleveland Clinic Health System

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Kaufman Center for Heart Failure

Heart and Vascular Institute

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

 

Director

Center for Connected Care

Staff Cardiologist

Section of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Medicine

Cleveland Clinic

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

 

Fellow, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

 

Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Department of Pharmacy

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

 

Senior Director

Heart and Vascular Institute

Director

Kaufman Center for Heart Failure

Director of CME Education

Heart and Vascular Institute

Clinical Lead Care Paths and Bundles

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

 

This activity has been designed to address the educational needs of physicians and pharmacists. It may also be of benefit to other healthcare providers such as PAs, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professionals who make up the multidisciplinary team responsible for the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure.

 

Upon proper completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

 

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this enduring material 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.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit.

Pharmacist Accreditation Statement

Global Education Group is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

 

This activity is provided by Global Education Group.

 

Global Education Group designates this continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hour (0.10 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

(Universal Activity Number – 0530-9999-16-415-H01-P)

This is a knowledge-based activity.

For information about the pharmacy accreditation of this program, please contact Global at (303) 395-1782 or inquire@globaleducationgroup.com.

PA Continuing Education

AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. PAs may receive a maximum of 1.0 Category 1 credits for completing this activity.

Nurse Practitioner Continuing Education
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.  Individuals are responsible for checking with the AANPCP for further guidelines.

Disclosure of Commercial Support

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education acknowledges an educational grant for support of this activity from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

 

To receive a CE certificate of participation, you should:

A certificate of participation will be available for download/printing immediately following your successful completion of the posttest and evaluation.

 

Please note: To claim CPE credit, please make sure you include your date of birth and NABP number. All credit information will be uploaded into CPE Monitor within 30 days.

For questions regarding CE credit, contact the Paradigm CME Department at (845) 398-5949.

 

There is no fee required for participation in this activity.

This certified CE activity is designed using HTML5 video.

 

For Desktops (Windows/Mac)

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For Tablets (iPad/Android/Surface)

iOS Safari 4 or higher, Android 2.3 or higher, IE Mobile 10 or higher
 

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In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias. 

The following faculty have indicated that they may have a relationship, which in the context of their presentation(s), could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

 

 

 

The following faculties have indicated they have no relationship which, in the context of their presentation(s), could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

 

W. H. Wilson Tang, MD (Chair)

Antonio L. Perez, MD

J. Bradley Williams, PharmD, BCPS

 

All other planners, CME staff, and content reviewers, have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

 

 

 

The information in this educational activity is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this CME activity are those of the authors/faculty. They do not represent an endorsement by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. In no event will The Cleveland Clinic Foundation be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this CME activity.
 

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