Collaborating to Provide Lifelong Care for People With Congenital Heart Defects

Description

​Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are lifelong conditions, which means people with CHDs need specialty cardiac care across the lifespan. This specialty care is critical for maintaining overall health and avoiding adverse cardiac events. But because of barriers that physicians and people with CHDs face, many people don’t get the congenital cardiac care they need.  It is important to improve the continuity of care between primary care and specialty cardiac care in order to help ensure that people with CHDs get the specialized care they need to stay healthy across the lifespan.

This multidisciplinary discussion content was recorded February 9, 2022 during a live session. It is intended to give pediatricians, obstetrician-gynecologists, internal medicine physicians, and emergency medicine physicians an opportunity to engage with each other to build knowledge, skills, and competence related to care coordination for people with CHDs.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify opportunities to reduce gaps in care for individuals living with a congenital heart defect.
• Identify and promote a team-based approach for collaborative and continuous lifelong cardiac care for patients with a congenital heart defect.
• Understand intervention and prevention strategies, including utilizing patient touchpoints to promote referrals for congenital cardiac care.

Course Details

• Start Date: March 1, 2022
• Online Access Expires: February 28, 2025
• Credit Expires: February 28, 2025
• Activity Type: Asynchronous Online Course
• Course ID: 60204

Acknowledgements

​Support for this project is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (CDC/HHS). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by American Academy of Pediatrics, CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Faculty

Subject Matter Experts

Thomas Glenn, MD - Moderator
Annette Ansong MD, FAAP – Panelist
Richard Wardrop III, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACP – Panelist
Christian Chisholm, MD, FACOG- Panelist
Mark Cicero, MD – Panelist

Reviewers

Sherry Far (CDC)