Special Interest Groups

Heart Failure

Purpose

The focus of the Heart Failure SIG is to identify current knowledge and practice regarding Palliative and Hospice care for persons with Heart Failure (through surveys and collecting care processes currently in use); identify and share resources for education about heart failure management; and encouraging research to improve symptom management in patients with advanced Heart Failure.

Heart Failure SIG members interested in working on these projects can use the contact email below or link to a PC-HEART work group.

Leadership

Chair – Sarah Goodlin, MD FAAHPM
Staff Liaison – Emily Muse

For inquiries, questions, or comments about the special interest group, please e-mail the staff liaison.

Annual Meeting

2011 AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly
Sponsor: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
Date: February 16-19, 2011
Location: Vancouver, Canada

Notes and attendee list from the 2010 Annual Assembly

Additional Resources

PC-HEART

Members of the Heart Failure SIG recently reviewed and endorsed the Heart Rhythm Society’s Expert Consensus Statement on the Management of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs). Thank you to all the SIG members who worked on this collaboration.

Join this SIG

To join the Heart Failure SIG, login to the Members Only section of the website and update your profile in the membership directory.