Patient Education
Patient Education for the Healthcare Team and the Patient
American Heart Association (AHA) Patient Tools and Resources
The American Heart Association is an organization whose mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. It is active in developing guidelines and funding research for physicians in the area of cardiovascular disease. The AHA also has extensive patient education and information resources that are highly regarded and can be used to address modifiable risk factors for patients being discharged after an admission for ACS.
View the AHA Patient Tools and Resources
The AHA also has a page dedicated to smoking cessation resources. This page hosts resources for physicians and patients.
View the AHA Smoking Cessation Resource Page
MedlinePlus®
MedlinePlus® brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Pre-formulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus® and give easy access to medical journal articles.
MedlinePlus® also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news. This resource can be used to provide specific information to patients at discharge or can be a resource for patients to explore after discharge on their own.
View the MedlinePlus® site
Hospital Compare
The Hospital Compare website was created by the United States Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), along with the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA). The site allows patients to see data from hospitals process of care measures for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, or patients having surgery. This information is useful to help patients and caregivers make decisions about their healthcare. The site allows healthcare providers to identify areas for quality improvement.
View the Hospital Compare site
Evaluation Strategies & Tools
The American Heart Association’s Get with the GuidelinesSM (GWTG)
In 2001, The American Heart Association (AHA) launched their Get With The GuidelinesSM (GWTG) hospital based quality improvement program, which is geared to helping hospitals be sure that the care they provide for patients with coronary artery disease, stroke, and heart failure is aligned with evidence-based treatments and therapies.
Learn more about GWTG
Case Management Society of America (CMSA)
The Case Management Society of America (CMSA) has several programs such as the Adherence Starts with Knowledge (ASK ®) that can help the healthcare team assess the patient’s adherence to medications and help patients make lifestyle changes.
The Adherence Starts with Knowledge (ASK ®) program which is a survey-based program designed to identify barriers to medication adherence and links to appropriate education materials.
http://www.cmsa.org
Patient Education Materials
Drugs, dosing and side effects
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
ASHP has developed www.safemedication.com to provide patients and care providers information on over 800 drugs. Visit the site for information and resources on how to provide better patient care.
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
Medteach Version 4 patient drug information software is a program designed to allow you to create monographs for your patients to provide them with drug information that can be customized to include patient specific information such as administration comments, physician's name and address, and pharmacy information.
Medteach Version 4 - www.ashp.org
Treatment and Prevention
Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center, Information for Cardiac Patients: Your Role in Optimal Treatment and Prevention
This patient education booklet, courtesy of Diane L. Carroll, RN, PhD, FAHA and Jill Jones, RN, CCM, provides patients with information about heart disease and the changes they can make in their life to reduce their risk for future cardiac events.
View the Patient Education Booklet
UCLA Medical Center, Patient Education Smoking Cessation & Heart Attack Signs
The Patient Education Smoking Cessation Sheet and Heart Attack Signs Sheet are available for download via the UCLA Medical Center CHAMP website. These sheets are paper based and can be given to patients at discharge as a reference and as information to prevent and manage their disease.
View the UCLA Patient Education Sheets
Literature
Davis, L. (2008). Care of patients with acute coronary syndrome: unstable angina and non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. In D.K.Moser & B. Riegel (Ed.). Cardiac Nursing, A Companion to Bruawald's Heart Disease, (pp. 802-804) St. Louis: Saunders.
For more key literature on Acute Coronary Syndromes visit the Literature Review section of the room.
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