TAKEheart Learning Community Webinars

TAKEheart Learning Community webinars, held between 2020–2022, featured discussions among cardiac rehabilitation (CR) experts and CR champions from diverse hospitals. Panelists shared knowledge and resources for addressing common challenges to increasing CR enrollment, participation, and completion. Topics included practical strategies for addressing operational challenges associated with running CR programs, as well as strategies for addressing the needs of traditionally underserved populations, including women and patients with heart failure.

Knowledge and resources that were shared during these sessions are available to you through

90-minute webinar recordings and associated slide decks
Downloadable event summaries, which provide an overview of the learning community event with a summary of central themes and discussion points, responses from the panelists on key topics, and recommended resources

Learning Community Webinars by Topic

There are 4 main topics for the Learning Community webinars:

Getting Started,
Implementing Automatic Referral,
Enhancing Care Coordination, and
Expanding CR Capacity

Getting Started

Leveraging Data To Enhance Your CR Program

Hicham Skali, MD, MSc, TAKEheart Principal Investigator, Associate Director of the Cardiac Rehab Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Moderator)
Matt Thomas, MS, MBA, ACSM-CEP, Cardiopulmonary Rehab and Employee Fitness, CHI – Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, TN
Julianne DeAngelis, MS CCRP, CEP, Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Miriam and Newport Hospitals, Providence, RI

This Learning Community webinar 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.

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Maximizing Physician Support for Cardiac Rehab

Stephen Hines, Ph.D., TAKEheart's Training and Technical Assistance Lead, Principal Associate, Abt Associates (Moderator)
Katelyn King, MSEP, CCRP, Transitions of Care Coordinator, Cardiovascular Critical Care Services, University of Kentucky Healthcare
Christine L. Bryant, BSN RN, Cardiac Rehab/Heart Failure Nurse Manager, Prairie Heart Institute at HSHS St. John's Hospital, ISCHR Board- Membership/Retention Chair
Marion Harris-Barter, RN, BSN, M.Ed., CCRP, System Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Lee Health

This Learning Community webinar was designed to share insights about how to reinforce the value of CR and work collaboratively with physicians to raise referral and retention rates. Successes and challenges in expanding efforts to maximize physician support for CR are also discussed.

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Implementing Automatic Referral

Cerner Q&A

Stephen Hines, Ph.D., TAKEheart's Training and Technical Assistance Lead, Principal Associate, Abt Associates (Moderator)
Kathy Lee Bishop, PT, DPT, CCS, FNAP, Board-Certified Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Clinical Specialist, Program Manager, Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Guru Patel, Director, Clinical Informatics, Office of Quality & Risk, Emory Healthcare

This webinar for hospitals with Cerner EHRs was led by a team of Cerner experts and provides answers to common implementation issues from both the clinical and IT perspectives.

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Epic Q&A

Stephen Hines, Ph.D., TAKEheart's Training and Technical Assistance Lead, Principal Associate, Abt Associates (Moderator)
Amy Miller, MD, PhD, Chief Health Information Officer (CHIO) at Beth Israel Lahey Health
David M. Rubins, MD, Medical Director, Advanced Decision Support, Mass General Brigham Digital Health eCare

This webinar for hospitals with Epic EHRs was led by a team of Epic experts and provides answers to common implementation issues from both the clinical and IT perspectives.

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Enhancing Care Coordination

Practical Methods for Improving Care Coordination for Cardiac Rehab Patients

Hicham Skali, MD, MSc, TAKEheart Principal Investigator, Associate Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Moderator)
Kathe Briggs, CEP, MS, Director of Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services, East Alabama Medical Center, (EAMC)
Stacey Greenway, MA, Director of Cardiovascular Disease Management programs at Vidant Medical Center
Virginia Morris, OTR/L, MIPH, FACHE, Director of Rehabilitation and Cardiopulmonary Rehab at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center and MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital

This Learning Community webinar shares care coordination improvement successes, challenges, and lessons learned and offers practical advice for other programs seeking to improve their own care coordination activities.

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Improving Support for Women Who Need Cardiac Rehabilitation

Hicham Skali, MD, MSc, TAKEheart Principal Investigator, Associate Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Moderator)
Haley Stolp, MPH, IHRC, Inc., Million Hearts^®, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Moderator)
Annie DeVelasco, RN, WomenHeart Champion, Cardiac Rehabilitation Graduate
Janna Myrick, Cardiac Rehabilitation Graduate

This Learning Community webinar explores and shares insights with peers and offers practical ideas from a panel of CR program leaders, patients, and researchers focused on improving outcomes for women in cardiac rehabilitation.

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Enhancing Care for Heart Failure Patients in Your Cardiac Rehab Program

Hicham Skali, MD, MSc, TAKEheart Principal Investigator, Associate Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Moderator)
Steven Keteyian, PhD, Director Preventive Cardiology Unit at Henry Ford Hospital
Michelle Young, MSN, APN-BC, Adult Nurse Practitioner in the Cardiovascular Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Daniel Forman, MD, Cardiologist at UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC East

This Learning Community webinar provides evidence-based insights and practical solutions to help programs improve recruitment and care of heart failure patients.

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Expanding CR Capacity

Innovations That Can Improve Your Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Hicham Skali, MD, MSc, TAKEheart Principal Investigator, Associate Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Moderator)
Heidi Haglin, MS, CCRP, Essentia Health in Duluth, MN
Jessi Hyduk, RN, RCEP, Cardiopulmonary Rehab Supervisor, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center (SJRMC), South Bend, IN
Sara Schaub, MSEP, CCRP, Cardiac Coordinator, Aultman Deuble Heart and Vascular Hospital, Canton, OH
Matt Thomas, MS, MBA, ACSM-CEP, Cardiopulmonary Rehab and Employee Fitness, CHI – Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, TN

This Learning Community webinar provides 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.

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Emerging Strategies for Supporting CR Patients Between Onsite Visits

Hicham Skali, MD, MSc, TAKEheart Principal Investigator, Associate Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Moderator)
Jessi Hyduk, RN, RCEP, Cardiopulmonary Rehab Supervisor, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, IN
Karen Lui, RN, MS, MAACVPR GRQ, LLC, Regulatory Analyst
Tricia McNair, Cardiac Rehabilitation Graduate
Randal Thomas, MD, Medical Director for the Mayo Clinic Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Laura N. Vaughn, BS, McLaren Greater Lansing Cardiac Rehabilitation, Lansing, MI

This Learning Community webinar provides an opportunity for peer-to-peer sharing to explore how CR programs are supporting patients in between onsite visits. Discussion includes the best ways to blend onsite and remote CR rehabilitation.

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Coping With Staffing Challenges in Today's Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

Hicham Skali, MD, MSc, TAKEheart Principal Investigator, Associate Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Moderator)
Sherri Brandhorst, BSN, Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Richland, WA
Kathe Briggs, MS, CEP, FAACVPR, East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika, AL
Stacey Greenway, MA, Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC
Tina Miller, MS, Frederick Health Hospital, Frederick, MD
Loren Stabile, MS, FAACVPR, Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Miriam and Newport Hospitals, Providence, RI

This Learning Community webinar explores how CR programs have responded to staffing challenges. Discussion includes reduced patient capacity, expanded hours for CR sessions, staffing reductions, and quarantines.

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Operational Adjustments While Resuming In-Person Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

Hicham Skali, MD, MSc, TAKEheart Principal Investigator, Associate Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Moderator)
Anna Liza Esguerra, OTR, RN, South Texas Health System Heart in McAllen, TX
Jeanmarie Gallagher, MS, RCEP, Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine in Bethesda, MD
Heidi Haglin, MS, CCRP, Essentia Health in Duluth, MN
Mary Ann Compton, MA, ACSM-CEP, CCRP, UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC
Nick Eimers-Mosier, MPH, LPN, CCCC Comanche County Memorial Health in Lawton, OK

This Learning Community webinar discusses how CR programs adapted their onsite operations as patients returned, as well as issues related to unit capacity, staffing, program hours, patient flow, and scheduling.

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