Question 3: How can healthcare providers encourage patients to take a more active role in their treatment plan?
Heart Failure Society of America @HFSA
- The most important things healthcare providers can do to help patients w/ #HF take an active role in their treatment plan are:
1. Ensure patients are on the best doses of the best meds
2. Educate them on the 4 pillars of guideline directed medical therapy #GDMT
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Patients should understand that #GDMT can
Improve the heart function
Decrease risk of hospitalization
Improve symptoms and quality of life
Decrease mortality#HFChat2023
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It is also important for patients to understand that the higher we can get the doses of these medications, the more the effect on the heart, and thus, the greater the benefit! #HFChat2023
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Lastly, providers should share with their patients a chart of the target doses of the 4 pillars of GDMT so that the patients can see where they are on their pathway to maximizing these medications. 💪 #HFChat2023
The Heart Brothers Foundation @HeartBrothers1
- All #healthcareproviders should educate patients about #heartfailure & the necessary steps to improve their health and how they feel. #HFWeek2023 #HFChat2023
- Healthcare providers should also emphasize to patients that their own actions have a direct impact on their well-being. This offers real hope that they can/will feel better in the future. #HFWeek2023 #HFChat2023
- Use shared decision-making tools, ask questions, ask them what their health goals are so that everything they do is guided by that goal. #HFChat2023 #HFWeek2023
- Providers can refer patients to tools & resources designed for patients like those available here. https://womenheart.org/heartfailure/ #HFChat2023 #HFWeek2023