Ask the Experts: Building a Toolkit for Managing Heart Failure
This educational activity explores common clinical challenges seen in managing heart failure. The faculty clarify the clinical services that have shown improved care and the practical actions that pharmacists can take to reduce hospital readmissions. The content for this activity is based on questions and comments from participants at a recent educational symposium on this topic.
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Activity Type: Application-based
CE Credits: 1.0 hour
Activity Fee: Free of charge
CPE Information
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Format
This activity features slide presentations, active learning, and questions/discussion with faculty.
Target Audience
This activity was planned to meet the educational needs of pharmacists caring for patients with chronic heart failure.
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Learning Objectives
After the conclusion of this knowledge-based educational activity, participants should be able to- Identify clinical controversies and barriers leading to suboptimal use of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) regimens for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).
- Develop plans to optimize GDMT regimens for patients with HFrEF.
- Adopt strategies to overcome barriers to implementing successful transitions of care programs for patients with HFrEF hospitalized for acute heart failure.
Faculty
Robert J. DiDomenico, Pharm.D., FACC, FCCP, FHFSA Activity Chair
Associate Professor
College of Pharmacy
University of Illinois at Chicago
Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacist
University of Illinois Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
Robert J. DiDomenico, Jr., is an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and affiliate member of the Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Pharmacy. Dr. DiDomenico is also a cardiovascular clinical pharmacist at the University of Illinois Hospital with a practice site in inpatient cardiology and serves as Residency Program Director for the UIC PGY2 Cardiology Pharmacy residency.
He received his Pharm.D. and completed three years of post-doctoral training (Pharmacy Practice Residency, Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy Fellowship) at UIC.
Dr. DiDomenico’s research focus is optimizing the use of evidence-based medications in patients with cardiovascular disease, particularly those with heart failure and coronary artery disease. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and abstracts. He is an active member of several organizations achieving fellowship designation in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the Heart Failure Society of America, and American College of Cardiology.
Tien M. H. Ng, Pharm.D., BCPS-AQ Cardiology, FACC, FCCP, FHFSA
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Medicine
Director, PGY2 Residency in Cardiology
Vice Chair, Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy, Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Tien M.H. Ng, Pharm.D., BCPS-AQ Cardiology, FACC, FCCP, FHFSA, is Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Medicine in the School of Pharmacy and Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, California. He is also Director of the PGY2 pharmacy residency in Cardiology and Vice Chair in the Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy. In addition, Dr. Ng practices as a clinical specialist with the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit team at the Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center. Prior to joining USC, Dr. Ng was on faculty at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Dr. Ng completed his Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He completed a Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy Fellowship from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist (BCPS) with added qualifications in cardiology (AQ Cardiology).
Dr. Ng’s primary research interests focus on heart failure pathophysiology and pharmacotherapy. He has published numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, abstracts and book chapters related to heart failure pharmacotherapy. Dr. Ng has also been an invited speaker at national pharmacy and cardiology scientific meetings.
Dr. Ng has been conferred Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), and the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), and has been an active member of ACC, ACCP, HFSA, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and the American Heart Association (AHA). He is a past recipient of the HFSA Clinical/Integrative Physiology new investigator award. Dr. Ng was also selected to and currently sits on the inaugural Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS) Cardiology Specialty Council.
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CPE Information
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Format
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