The Forward Symposium

Sessions

• Home-Based Cardiac Rehab

  Home-based Cardiopulmonary rehab programs have an important role in addressing the unmet needs of patients that cannot, or will not, enroll in center-based cardiac or pulmonary rehab. With the recent Public Health Emergency (PHE) there has been increasing interest in off-site delivery models for cardiac and pulmonary rehab programs. This presentation will overview the essential components of a hybrid or home-based program, including demonstrating financial sustainability with and without reimbursement of home-based sessions. 

  

• Cardiac Rehab: The Present and The Future

  This panel discussion will feature several cardiac rehab professionals from across the United States to discuss their approach to cardiac rehab since the beginning of the pandemic. The speakers will also share what they have learned as they've implemented new procedures, the response from their patients, and what further changes they may be contemplating.

• A Comprehensive Approach to Cardiac Rehab: The Evolution of CR to ICR

  This session provides attendees with an understanding of what it means to be an Intensive Cardiac Rehab (ICR). There is a great deal of misunderstanding in the cardiac rehab community about Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation. This session is designed to give you the facts around ICR and how it can benefit your program. The audience can gain an understanding of why and how the panelists converted their programs and the benefits of their new ICR program versus their previous CR program.

  

• Healthy Mind, Healthy Body: Your Body & You, Lessons From Pritikin ICR at UT Health East Texas

  This presentation focuses on intensive multidisciplinary outpatient cardiac rehabilitation, especially psychological and behavioral factors, with additional emphasis on emotional and psychological factors related to cardiac rehabilitation health care professionals.