Full Schedule

6:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST

Registration

Location: Sebastian Registration

6:30 AM – 8:00 AM EST

Industry Supported Breakfast: hATTR Progression: Addressing Polyneuropathy Supported by AstraZeneca

Location: Sebastian I-4

Faculty: – Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi

8:15 AM – 8:30 AM EST

Opening

Location: Sebastian J

Presenter: – VA Medical Center - White River Jct, VT

8:30 AM – 9:15 AM EST

T1 - Presidential Address

Location: Sebastian J

Faculty: – Nebraska Methodist College

Faculty: – Cleveland Clinic

Moderator: – VA Medical Center - White River Jct, VT

CE: 0.5

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM EST

T2 - Keynote: The Nurse’s Role in Advocating for Health Equity

Location: Sebastian J

Keynote Speaker: – APEX-RX

Moderator: – Nebraska Methodist College

CE: 1

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST

T3 - General Session: Turning the Tide on Outcomes: Intravenous Iron for Iron Deficiency in Patients With Heart Failure Supported Through and Educational Grant from American Regent

Location: Sebastian J

Faculty: – Cleveland Clinic

Faculty: – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Faculty: – Catawba Valley Cardiology (Retired)

CE: 1

11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EST

Lunch & Exhibit Hall Hours

Location: Sebastian K/L

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM EST

Product Theater: Barostim for HFrEF Patients: When GDMT is not Enough Sponsored by CVRx

Location: Sebastian K/L

Faculty: – Baptist Heart Institute

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM EST

HVAD™ Delay or Failure to Restart Field Corrective Action: Update on Recent Field Communication

Location: Sebastian K/L

1:45 PM – 2:30 PM EST

T4 - 2024 Heart Failure Updates

Location: Sebastian J

Faculty: – Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital

Moderator: – Duke University Hospital

CE: 0.75

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EST

T5 - Fundamental: A New Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension: Patient and Clinician Perspectives

Location: Sebastian I-1

Faculty: – AdventHealth Orlando

Moderator: – Iona University

Faculty:

CE: 1

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EST

T6 - Global: Practice Improvement Presentations

Location: Sebastian I-2

Presenter: – Mayo Clinic

Presenter: – Baptist Medical Network (Tenet Healthcare)

Presenter: – Tower Health- Reading Hospital

Faculty: – Mayo Clinic

Moderator: – University of Delaware

CE: 1

2:30 PM – 2:50 PM EST

Practice Improvement Presentation: Reducing heart failure readmissions with a structured remote monitoring program

Location: Sebastian I-2

Presenter: – Tower Health- Reading Hospital

2:50 PM – 3:10 PM EST

Practice Improvement Presentation: Bridging the Gap Between Two Community Systems to Improve Heart Failure Transitions of Care

Location: Sebastian I-2

Presenter: – Baptist Medical Network (Tenet Healthcare)

3:10 PM – 3:30 PM EST

Practice Improvement Presentation: Ambulatory Heart Failure Medication Titration: Reducing gaps in care and preventing hospital admissions

Location: Sebastian I-2

Presenter: – Mayo Clinic

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EST

T7 - Advanced: Advances in HFpEF Management: A Phenotypic Approach

Location: Sebastian J

Faculty: – Baptist Heart Institute

Moderator: – Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi

CE: 1

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EST

T8 - Simulation Experience: Putting Heart Failure Physical Exam Skills and Hemodynamics into Practice

Location: Sebastian I-3

Faculty: – Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Faculty: – Ascension Saint Thomas West Comprehensive Heart Failure Clinic

Faculty: – Duke Health

CE: 1

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST

Coffee Break & Exhibit Hall Hours

Location: Sebastian K/L

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST

T9 - Fundamental: Transitions in Care for the HF Patient: An Intra-professional Perspective.

Location: Sebastian I-1

Faculty: – Baptist Memorial Hospital - Memphis

Faculty: – Segue Health Partners

Faculty: – Baptist Memorial Hospital- Memphis

Faculty: – Baptist Heart Institute

CE: 1

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST

T10 - Global: Meeting the Challenges of Guideline Directed Therapy (GDMT) Optimization: A multidisciplinary case-based approach

Location: Sebastian J

Faculty: – Montefiore Medical Center

Faculty: – Intermountain Health

Faculty: – University of Colorado

Faculty: – Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine

Faculty: – Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health

Moderator: – PENN Medicine Lancaster General Hospital

CE: 1

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST

T11 - Simulation Experience: Putting Heart Failure Physical Exam Skills and Hemodynamics into Practice

Location: Sebastian I-3

Faculty: – Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Faculty: – Ascension Saint Thomas West Comprehensive Heart Failure Clinic

Faculty: – Duke Health

CE: 1

5:00 PM – 6:40 PM EST

Welcome Reception/Poster Presentation

Location: Sebastian K/L

CE: 2.25

5:00 PM – 6:10 PM EST

#10 Practice Improvement Poster: Supporting the Hearts of Heartland: Continuous Quality Improvement Project

Location: Sebastian K/L

Poster Presenter: – AdventHealth Sebring

5:00 PM – 6:10 PM EST

#11 Practice Improvement Poster: Feasibility and Safety with Occupational Therapy-driven LVAD Shower Training in the Acute Care Setting

Location: Sebastian K/L

Poster Presenter: – Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center

5:00 PM – 6:10 PM EST

#12 Practice Improvement Poster: Utilization of a High Risk Heart Failure Clinic to Decrease Heart Failure Hospitalizations

Location: Sebastian K/L

Poster Presenter: – Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute

5:00 PM – 6:10 PM EST

0 - #2 Research Poster: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Specialists Improve Hospital-Wide Prescribing of Heart Failure Guideline Directed Medical Therapy and Transition of Care Processes

Location: Sebastian K/L

Poster Presenter: – Baptist Memorial Hospital - Memphis

5:00 PM – 6:10 PM EST

0 - #3 Research Poster: The Impact of Collaborative Care by Heart Failure Nurse Practitioners and Pharmacists on Optimizing Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

Location: Sebastian K/L

Poster Presenter:

5:00 PM – 6:10 PM EST

0 - #4 Research Poster: Insights from Implementing an AI-Enabled Peripheral Edema Monitor in UK-based Community Settings for Therapeutic Decision-Making

Location: Sebastian K/L

Poster Presenter: – Heartfelt Technologies

5:00 PM – 6:10 PM EST

#5 Research Poster: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Heart Failure Readmissions among a Rural Patient Population

Location: Sebastian K/L

Poster Presenter: – VA Medical Center - White River Jct, VT

5:00 PM – 6:10 PM EST

#6 Practice Improvement Poster: Improving Heart Failure Outcomes Through the Initiation of Transitions of Care at the Bedside

Location: Sebastian K/L

Poster Presenter: – Memorial Hospital West

5:00 PM – 6:10 PM EST

#7 Practice Improvement Poster: Does Your Patient Need An Implanted Cardiac Defibrillator?

Location: Sebastian K/L

Poster Presenter: – HackensackUMC

5:00 PM – 6:10 PM EST

#8 Practice Improvement Poster: Implementation of a Heart Failure Navigator to reduce hospital readmissions.

Location: Sebastian K/L

Poster Presenter: – North Kansas City Hospital

5:00 PM – 6:10 PM EST

#9 Practice Improvement Poster: Heart Failure Nurse-driven Pulmonary Artery Sensor Initiatives with Principal Care Management

Location: Sebastian K/L

Poster Presenter: – WVU Heart & Vascular Institute

5:00 PM – 6:10 PM EST

#1 Innovation Poster: An innovative approach from a National Heart Failure Initiative's Focus on Health-Related Social Needs: “Everyone teaches, everyone learns.”

Location: Sebastian K/L

Poster Presenter: – American Heart Association

6:45 PM – 8:15 PM EST

Industry Supported Dinner: Heart Failure Solutions: Improving Patient Outcomes with Remote PA Pressure Monitoring Supported by Abbott

Location: Sebastian I-4