This activity was made possible in part by an educational grant from Novartis.

Summary

The four-part series, SHM Clinical Rapid Updates: Heart Failure, opens with this session outlining guideline-directed medical therapy in heart failure patients, focusing on the impact of care optimization provided by hospitalists. Specific subtopics addressed include:
- the importance of rapid decongestion
- the importance of initiation of GDMT
- inpatient initiate and titration of ARNI

This session is moderated by Joseph Sweigart, MD, FHM, SFHM. Our panelists include Ebrahim Barkoudah, MD, FACP, MPH, FHM, SFHM and Nurcan Ilksoy, MD, FACP, FHM.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for hospitalists. No prerequisites required.

Learning Objectives

• Recognize the importance of rapid decongestion
• Recognize the importance of initiation of GDMT
• Describe inpatient initiation/titration of ANRI including PIONEER-HF trial

Accreditation Statement

The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Statement Designation

The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring internet activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.

Release Date: August 10, 2021

Expiration Date: August 10, 2022

Estimated time to complete: 1.25 hours

Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policy

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, SHM requires that individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. SHM mitigates all conflicts of interest to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all its educational programs. All relevant financial relationships shall be disclosed to participants prior to the start of the activity.

Furthermore, SHM seeks to verify that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a continuing medical education (CME) activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. SHM is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME activities that promote improvements in healthcare and not those of a commercial interest.

Off Label Product Discussion

All faculty have indicated that they have not referenced unlabeled or unapproved uses of drugs or devices.

Instructions

The following is an interactive educational module designed to help you gauge your basic knowledge of the topic and then direct you to areas you may need to focus on. It consists of several sections: a pre-test, a presentation, a post-test, & CME evaluation. All sections must be completed to receive CME credit.