Ontario Heart Failure Strategy: Invitation to complete survey

Forwarded on behalf of Cardiac Care Network of Ontario: In the next few months, the Cardiac Care Network of Ontario (CCN) will be releasing the Ontario Heart Failure Strategy. With no cohesive provincial approach to managing heart failure (HF), the current system of care is fragmented with patients often falling through the cracks during transitions leading to suboptimal care and resulting in potentially avoidable Emergency Department use, hospitalizations, and diminished quality of life. One of the solutions to addressing barriers to optimal HF care is the identification of how and where care is currently being provided. The easy part is finding self-identified Heart Failure Clinics and Specialists who are managing HF. While this is valuable information, we believe the true key to successfully designing a province-wide HF management system that will function in a large and heterogeneous province like Ontario lies with Primary Care Practitioners. This is where we need your help. We want to make sure that any Primary Care Practitioner in the province of Ontario who has an interest or expertise in HF will take this survey. The ultimate goal is to collate the results into a map of HF services across the province. This will make it easier for patients and healthcare providers to locate and access care, and will inform opportunities to enhance or augment services in communities that are lacking access. The link to the survey is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CCNHeartFailure.  It takes about 20 minutes to complete. We thank you in advance for taking the time to complete the survey. Your efforts will help to ensure that we generate a complete and accurate list of HF providers in the province. ______________________________________________________________ Sudha Kutty Director, Knowledge Management Cardiac Care Network http://www.ccn.on.ca