This week's episode provides insight into the process of successfully implementing an EHR solution within a health system with the goal of improving medication education for anticoagulant therapy in Afib patients. We will team pharmacy's role, workflows, dosing, monitoring, and education tracking.

E1: You Wouldn't Risk It - Leveraging your EHR systems to improve medication education

This episode explores current guideline recommendations for anticoagulant use in Afib patients, factors that contribute to undertreatment, and common drug interactions to be considered in anticoagulated Afib patients who are being treated in other disease care settings.

E5: You Wouldn't Risk It - Pharmacologic considerations for anticoagulant therapy in Afib patients

Drowning

In this podcast meant for all audiences, we answer:
•	Why is it so important to address the opioid crisis now?
•	Opioids have been around since the 1700s, but how did this become a crisis situation? 
•	How do opioids work and why are they so addictive? 
•	What are the resources available (from the federal government and others) to treat substance use concerns? 
•	How has COVID-19 impacted opioid addiction in the U.S.?
•	What are some things people can do now if they are struggling with addiction, or know someone else who is?

Opioid Presidential Advisory - All Audiences

The 4 F's of AFib addresses gaps and barriers to care for the diagnosed and undertreated AFib patient around four key areas of concern - Frailty, Falls, Fear or Bleeding, and Forgetfulness.

E1 - The 4 F's of Atrial Fibrillation - Fear of Bleeding

Bystander CPR

Our patient, Frank Williams, has a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity and recently had a knee replacement surgery. During a routine postsurgical visit, Frank tells his provider he’s not experiencing any pain, but he is showing behavioral signs of pain. In this episode, we discuss different types of pain assessment tools and when to use them.

Pain Assessment & Pain Management Podcast Series

This series portrays the patient and clinician's experience with assessing and managing pain. It is part of a larger pain, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease initiative to educate providers on patient pain and medication management with considerations for over-the-counter pain relief for patients with high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. 

This podcast is intended to be a guide to educate providers on the pain assessment tools available and provide practical applications for assessing and managing pain at different stages in the patient journey. Any recommendations or information provided are not to be construed as a directive, endorsement, or medical advice.  

Speaker: Paul Arnstein, PhD. Paul is a certified family nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, and a pain management nurse. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Nursing at the Mass General Hospital Institute of Health Professions and an independent pain educator and consultant.

E1 - Pain Assessment & Pain Management Podcast

The use of pacemakers and cardiac implantable electronic devices or CIEDs is becoming more common. While these devices extend and improve people’s lives with minimal problems in most cases, for patients who experience infections related to their devices, gaps and delays in guideline-recommended care can lead to preventable illness, disability and death. Dr. Miguel Leal, Associate Professor in Electrophysiology at Emory Health Care, and Ms. Trudie Lobban, the founder of the Arrhythmia Alliance, the AF Association and STARS, discuss the value of shared decision-making between patient and healthcare professionals when it comes to preventing and managing device infections.

E1 - Treating pacemakers and other implantable device infection: A shared decision

Join us for this interesting podcast as Dr. Ralph Riello III, PharmD, discusses research and strategies for effective alerts in the electronic health record to aid in guideline directed medication therapy for ASCVD.

E1 - Guideline-Based Alerts in the Electronic Health Record for ASCVD

Data has shown that gaps and delays in guideline-recommended care for pacemaker and cardiac implantable electronic device or CIED infections are all too common and can lead to preventable illness, disability and death for patients who experience infections related to their devices. Improved awareness and timely diagnosis are essential to help save lives. In this podcast, Dr. Jim Cheung, Professor of Medicine, Director of the Cornell Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program, and Director of Clinical Electrophysiology Research at Weill Cornell Medicine and Ms. Ann Spalding, Nurse Practitioner for the Cardiac Electrophysiology Service at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell review a patient case and have a conversation about the importance of timely CIED infection identification and management.

E2 - Treating Pacemakers and Other Implantable Device Infections: Case Study Review and Implications

This episode explores the medications involved in treating hyperlipidemia-related ASCVD from a pharmacist perspective and the common patient misconceptions surrounding these interventions.

Speaker: Megan Supple, PharmD, BCACP, CPP
Ambulatory Care Pharmacist
Cone Health Medical Group Cardiovascular Division

E4 - Pharmacological ASCVD Management

This episode examines the most common patient perceived barriers to treatment and management strategies to overcome these situations in the outpatient/clinic setting.

Speaker: Kevin Hwang, MD	
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at McGovern Medical School
Medical Director, UT General Internal Medicine clinic in the Texas Medical Center

E3 - Primary Prevention Insights Into Patient Reported ASCVD Barriers

This episode evaluates pathways to identify adults with high ASCVD risk and intervention with lipid-lowering therapy in the Emergency Department.

Speaker: James Langabeer, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Vice Chair- Population Health 
UTHealth

E2 - ASCVD Management In The Emergency Department

This episode lays the groundwork for our understanding of ASCVD lipid management. Our guest will walk through the algorithm for treatment to guidelines as well as address the barriers, pitfalls, and potential solutions in managing care.

Speaker: Dr. Murtuza Ali ,MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Program Director- Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Louisiana State University School of Medicine

E1 - Roadmap To ASCVD Treatment

How does the equity gap play a role in lipid management? Join us as we interview Dr. Keith Ferdinand on the importance of recognizing & addressing implicit bias in cardiovascular care, and what he is doing at Tulane university to train future physicians in this subject matter.

Episode 1 - The Importance Of Bridging The Gap In Lipid Management

Listen as Dr. Howard Haft & Dr. Tracy Yu-Ping Wang discuss techniques on how to improve the transition of care for ASCVD patients into the outpatient setting – and how social determinants of health play a factor in treatment plans.

Episode 3 - The Next Top Model Activating And Improving Systems Of Care

When high cholesterol and heart disease runs in the family: Familial Hypercholesterolemia

OB/GYN and FH Foundation, Board Member Dr. Maria Sophocles and Dr. Laurence Sperling, the Founder and Director of The Heart Disease Prevention Center at Emory discuss the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of Familial Hypercholesterolemia for women, how FH changes women’s risk for early heart disease and what they can do about it, as well as what women need to know about managing FH during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Women and Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)

You’ve been diagnosed with Familial Hypercholesterolemia, now what? The FH Foundation’s Cat Davis Ahmed and FH expert, Dr. Seth Baum will discuss the treatment goals, the role of diet, treatment options, and what the future looks like for those diagnosed with FH.

Managing Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)

After listening to this podcast you will be able to:
•	Define Post cardiac arrest syndrome
•	Compare/Contrast impact of PCAS in children vs. adults
•	Understand key clinical problems in children after cardiac arrest
•	Understand and apply evidence-based guidelines for treatment
•	Know steps to take in managing the pediatric post-cardiac arrest patient

Care Considerations for the Pediatric Post-Cardiac Arrest Patient

Explains the separate processes of development for both continuous evidence evaluation and the AHA guidelines.

How AHA creates the CPR guidelines from the ILCOR CEE process

This podcast covers:
• Definition of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• A brief history of CPR
• Key differences between traditional CPR and Hands-only CPR
• The role of the AHA and Guidelines in promoting CPR, both conventional and Hands-only 
• Applying steps in Hands-only sequence
• Applying concepts of high-quality CPR

AHA's History of CPR

This podcast discusses the approaches to coronary angiography after out of hospital cardiac arrest.

Current Controversies In PCI Post Cardiac Arrest - Who Should We Be Taking To The Cath Lab?

After listening to this podcast you will be able to:
• Gain an understanding of why data is needed to drive improvement.
• Understanding of what the current state of cardiac arrest data is in the US.
• Learn potential next steps for improvement.

You Can't Improve What You Can't Measure!

Post Stroke Depression Audiocast

After listening to this podcast you will:

• Gain an understanding of what T-CPR is and how it came to be what it is today.
• Understand the potential impact of T-CPR on communities.
• Learn how T-CPR aligns with the mission of the American Heart Association.

T-CPR

This podcast discusses the 2019 Focused Update on Adult ACLS and SOC.

AHA Adult Focused Update

Heart Failure

Acute Coronary Syndrome

Courage and sacrifice are two very important factors in deciding to raise your hand and willingly go into the epicenter of the Coronavirus outbreak in one of the hardest hit cities in the country- she is the essence of both.&nbsp; Dr. Comilla Sasson, Vice President for Science &amp; Innovation, Emergency Cardiovascular Care, who just returned from volunteering in a NYC emergency room during Covid-19, reveals why she decided to drop everything and go! &nbsp;Her passion was so strong that she couldn’t sit still.&nbsp; She shares how that experience changed her life, what this meant for her family and what prepared her for this moment in time.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Heart of a Volunteer, Dr. Comilla Sasson

Many of us go to work every day hoping that our work means something to someone.&nbsp; We give our all wanting our efforts to sufficiently measure up against the challenge.&nbsp; But when, at one point in your career, you’re fighting for the health of 23 million patients, it takes a true passion for humanity to deliver what’s necessary for improving health outcomes. &nbsp;Meet the relentless physician who never thought of giving up- Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, Chief Medical Officer for Prevention and Chief of the Center for Health Metrics and Evaluation, shares perspective changing stories from chapters of his career and personal life. Listen and be moved as he takes us on a journey that paints a very clear picture of what it means to truly care for your fellow man.

The Heart of a Healer, Eduardo Sanchez

Stories of a survivor: Hear Latia Howard’s personal story

Improve mood, reduce stress and increase energy with mindfulness meditation

Chris Calitz - Mindful Meditation

This podcast discusses the process for the AHA Guideline development and the resulting new science updates for the 2020 Education Guidelines.

2020 Education Guidelines

2020 First-Aid Guidelines

This podcast discusses the process for the AHA Guideline development and the resulting new science updates for the 2020 Pediatrics Guidelines.

2020 Pediatrics Guidelines

The American Heart Association is a non-profit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke

American Heart Association

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