INTRODUCTION TO HEART FAILURE STRATEGY FOR CANADA AND PILLARS, AND BACKGROUND TO ANALYSIS (CCC-231)

Friday, October 27, 2023

16:30 – 16:35 EST

Location: Palais, 513DEF

Target Audience: Heart failure specialists, General: All cardiovascular (clinical and research) health professionals

Presenter(s)

Sean Virani, MD, MSc, MPH, FRCPC, FCCS (he/him/his)

Vice-President | Medical and Academic Affairs | Provincial Health Services Authority
UBC
St. Paul's Hospital | Providence Health Care

Disclosure(s):

Sean Virani, MD, MSc, MPH, FRCPC, FCCS: No financial relationships to disclose

At the end of this session participants will be able to / Au terme de cette conférence, vous serez:

describe the Heart Failure Action Plan for Canada;
identify the current and future costs of hospitalization for heart failure in Canada;
compare and contrast the costs by province, age and sex;
identify costs related to medications in patients with heart failure; and
discuss the implications of these results and the opportunities to drive advocacy and health system improvement for heart failure.