CHAP TEAM NEWSLETTER - SEPTEMBER 2022
CHAP NEWS
Online Cardiac Rehab NOW available for ALL
CATCH web, developed by the CHAP team, is an online program providing access to cardiac rehab for clients in their own home and can be done at their own pace. Until now, CATCH web has only been available for clients in rural and remote South Australia but can now be used by anyone wanting to help prevent secondary cardiac events. CATCH web includes a number of engaging videos and educational information that can assist clients after their initial cardiac event or diagnosis and will complement face to face, telephone and / or GP hybrid cardiac rehab support they are receiving. We encourage ALL Cardiac Rehab Services in SA to enrol your telephone or face to face clients into the CATCH web portal. If you have any queries, please email us.
SA Standardised PREMS Survey
The CHAP team have collected patient satisfaction forms from all Cardiac Rehab Services in SA and with their feedback created a state-wide standardisation Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMS) questionnaire that has been developed into an online survey using Qualtrics. The surveys have been individualised for each Cardiac Rehab Service to capture feedback from participants who have been involved in their cardiac rehab program. Results from these surveys will be collated and analysed in August 2023 and individualised reports will be provided to all Services. You can access the individualised survey links here and for more information, please contact Dr Lemlem Gebremichael our Clinical Pharmacy Research Fellow.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Led by Rural GPs
In-conjunction with Brentnalls Health SA, we have developed a business model based on integrating current Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items to support patients receiving their cardiac rehab through their primary care physician. The business model for cardiac rehab places the GP at the centre of cardiac rehab by coordinating, monitoring, and assessing the client's progress. For more information the full business model report, the presentation delivered to Rural GPs (at the Rural Doctors Association of South Australia (RDASA) Masterclass 2022) and the handout (pictured on the right) that has been updated with the latest MBS items in August 2022 can be downloaded here or contact Dr Norma Bulamu, our Health Economist.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Design Workshops
Planning for the design workshops is currently underway. These will commence in late September and will encourage clients to contribute to the Cardiac Rehab Especially for Women (CREW) and Cardiac Rehab for All (CR4ALL) projects. Dates and locations are to be confirmed shortly but in the interim, we would like to encourage all Cardiac Rehab Services in regional SA to start thinking about which clients might like to be involved with assisting in the design of these two projects. Participants will be reimbursed with a $100 gift voucher.
HEART NEWS
Heart Health in Pinnaroo
Prof Jeroen Hendriks recently visited Pinnaroo as part of The Pinnaroo Project to provide a talk on Heart Health. A number of our team are visiting Pinnaroo from August to October to collect information from Pinnaroo residents to see what impact participating in art and culture activities has on the health and wellbeing of the community. If you would like to know more, Pinnaroo was featured in ABC's Back Roads last month which can be viewed here.
World Heart Day - 14 Sept
With your help, Heart Foundation's annual fundraising goal is to raise $1.5m in just 24 hours. These funds will support heart health research that saves Australian lives. You can phone 13 11 12 to donate or via the Heart Foundation website. If you donate on or before 14 Sept, your donation will be DOUBLED by a group of generous donors.
Her Heart
In the latest edition of Her Heart's eNewsletter, the focus is on the traditional Mediterranean way of eating based on study results that revealed that those who followed a Mediterranean diet had a 30% lower chance of dying from heart disease than those who followed the standard low-fat diet. You can check out more including a great fact sheet on how to adopt healthier habits here.
PRESENTATIONS
8 - 10 August 2022 | ACRA 2022
Gold Coast
Dr Joyce Ramos, Ms Katie Nesbitt, Dr Carolyn Astley, Prof Robyn Clark and Prof Jeroen Hendriks were prominent at the 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) 2022. Pictured left is Dr Carolyn Astley's poster on "assessing the quality of cardiac rehabilitation programs by measuring adherence to the Australian quality indicators" with Prof Clark (wearing a Sea World t-shirt whilst Qantas tries to find her luggage!).
Dr Joyce Ramos provided an oral presentation on "inter-individual responses to a change in heart-rate variability triangular-index following different exercise volumes in people with metabolic syndrome: a randomised study" and Ms Katie Nesbitt presented a poster on "development and implementation of a co-designed, web based cardiac rehabilitation program for cardiac patients living in rural and remote areas" displayed on the left (click here to view).
11 - 14 August 2022 | CSANZ 2022
Gold Coast
Mr Jon Foote, Ms Katie Nesbitt, Ms Anita Lymn, Prof Robyn Clark and Prof Jeroen Hendriks attended the 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) 2022. Our leader Prof Clark was invited to present on "equity and access to care for patients with heart failure, Heart Failure: contemporary approaches to management for patients with heart failure".
Ms Anita Lymn presented her poster on "re-engineering the cardiology ward round to improve efficiency in care" and was chosen as one of the poster finalists and our PhD candidate Ms Katie Nesbitt provided an amazing presentation as part of the Cardiovascular Nursing Prize Finalist session on "evaluating the usability of a co-designed interactive web application for cardiac rehabilitation".
The photo on the right is from the mentorship dinner where cardiovascular nurses united and shared their research experiences.
Prof Hendriks also presented a joint session with CSANZ and European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing and represented the editorial board as the Deputy Editor during the event.
18 August 2022 | JCU Forum
Townsville & Online
Dr Alline Beleigoli presented at the James Cook University Forum - Heart or Chronic Disease: Road to Health on "a model of care to improve attendance of people with cardiovascular diseases living in rural and remote SA to cardiac rehabilitation".
26 - 29 August 2022 | ESC Congress 2022
Barcelona
Prof Jeroen Hendriks was one of the #ESCCongress Twitter Ambassadors throughout this event in Barcelona and also presented on "nursing and allied professions investigator award" and "patient education and integrated care in atrial fibrillation". It was a fabulous conference for all, particularly for those that were able to attend in person.
27 - 28 August 2022 | RDASA Masterclass
Adelaide
Dr Norma Bulamu and Ms Ora Suebkinorn hosted a stand at the Rural Doctors Association of South Australia (RDASA) masterclass following a presentation by Mr Danny Haydon from Brentnalls Health on "heart health for life - cardiac rehab led by rural GPs". Please refer to the article above for more information about our business model for rural GPs.
UPCOMING CPD SESSION
Our monthly Continuing Professional Development (CPD) sessions are now open to anyone with an interest in cardiac rehab. Previously these sessions were only advertised to Cardiac Rehab Services working in rural and remote South Australia to participate. For a list of upcoming sessions for the remainder of the year and recordings of previous sessions, please visit our website.
Wednesday 14 Sept 2022 | 1pm ACST
Zoom
The September CPD session will be with Prof Adam Scott presenting on "tele-cardiac investigations and tele-mental health solutions for country cardiac patients" along with Alyssia Smith from our Service of the Month: Pt Lincoln Health Service, Eyre and Far North LHN. To register for this session, click here.
PUBLICATIONS
Ms Katie Nesbitt, Dr Alline Beleigoli and Prof Robyn Clark's article on "patient centred cardiac rehabilitation: flexible, individualised and online" was published in the INSPIRE magazine - issue 24 on 16 August 2022. Click here to read the article on pages 42 and 43.
Champion, S., R.A. Clark, R. Tirimacco, P. Tideman, L. Gebremichael, A. Beleigoli. "The Impact of the Sars-Cov-2 Virus (Covid-19) Pandemic and the Rapid Adoption of Telehealth for Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Programs in Rural and Remote Australia: A Multi-Method Study." Heart, Lung and Circulation (17 August 2022). https://dx.doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2022.07.006.
UPCOMING EVENTS
6 Sept 2022 | Rural and Remote Research | Online
The Flinders SA and NT Rural and Remote Research Steering Committee are running their annual online forum presentation and discussion in September. Dr Alline Beleigoli will be presenting on "the Country Heart Attack Prevention (CHAP) project: developing, implementing, and testing a model of care to improve cardiac rehabilitation for people with cardiovascular diseases in rural and remote South Australia – a multi-methods, translation project."
18 October 2022 | CHAP Public Lecture | Online
Save the date for CHAP's public lecture to be conducted online in conjunction with the Freemasons Centre for Male Health and Wellbeing. This session will commence online from 6.30pm to 7.30pm with a focus on "can erectile dysfunction be reversed?". More information to be provided soon.
28 October 2022 | SA Cardiovascular Showcase | SAHMRI
Save the date to celebrate the work of SA cardiovascular researchers. Poster abstracts are due 14 September in the following categories: basic science, population health and clinical. Click here to submit. More information to be provided soon.
