Target Audience and Goal Statement
This activity is intended for cardiologists, primary care physicians, nurses, and all clinicians interested in caring for
patients with heart failure.
The goal of this activity is to improve patient self-management through better communication designed to engage and bring
patients into their plan of care.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Recognize effective patient self-management tools and strategies in the setting of heart failure (HF)
- Identify patient-directed strategies to improve adherence to therapy for patients with HF
- Assess healthcare provider-patient communication strategies to improve adherence to therapy for patients with HF
Disclosures
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an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. The ACCME defines "relevant
financial relationships" as financial relationships in any amount, occurring within the past 12 months, including financial
relationships of a spouse or life partner, that could create a conflict of interest.
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and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Moderator

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Marc A. Silver, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine; Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine; Chief, Division of Medical Services, Advocate Christ
Medical Center, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
Disclosures
Disclosure: Marc A. Silver, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as an advisor or consultant for: Amgen Inc.; ZS Pharma
Served as a speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: Amgen Inc.
Dr Silver does not intend to discuss off-label uses of drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics approved by the FDA for use in the United States
Dr Silver does not intend to discuss investigational drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics
not approved
by the FDA for use in the United States.
Panelists

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Linda Wick, MSN, CNP, CHFN
Nurse Practitioner, Heart Failure Program; Senior Operations Director, Cardiology Clinic, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
Minnesota
Disclosures
Disclosure: Linda Wick, MSN, CNP, CHFN, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Ms Wick does not intend to discuss off-label uses of drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics approved by the FDA for use in the United States.
Ms Wick does not intend to discuss investigational drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics not approved by the FDA for use in the United States.

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Dorothy Felling
Patient
Disclosures
Disclosure: Dorothy Felling has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Ms Felling does not intend to discuss off-label uses of drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics approved by the FDA for use in the United States.
Ms Felling does not intend to discuss investigational drugs, mechanical devices, biologics, or diagnostics not approved by the FDA for use in the United States.
Steering Committee
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Allan S. Jaffe, MD
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Medical School; Chair, Core Clinical Laboratory Services, Department of Laboratory Medicine and
Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Disclosures
Disclosure: Allan S. Jaffe, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as an advisor or consultant for: Abbott Laboratories; Alere; Beckman Coulter, Inc.; Dart NeuroScience LLC; diaDexus,
Inc.; ET Healthcare, Inc.; Lpath Incorporated; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Radiometer Medical ApS; Roche; Siemens
AG; Trinity Pharma Solutions
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David A. Morrow, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Disclosures
Disclosure: David A. Morrow, MD, MPH, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as an advisor or consultant for: Abbott Diagnostics; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; diaDexus, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline;
Merck & Co., Inc.; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Roche
Received grants for clinical research from: Abbott Diagnostics; Amgen Inc.; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Beckman Coulter,
Inc.; BG Medicine; Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.; Eisai Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline; Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development,
L.L.C.; Lilly; Merck & Co., Inc.; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.; Randox Laboratories
Ltd.; Roche; Singulex
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Ileana L. Piña, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Population Health; Associate Chief, Academic Affairs, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine / Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, Bronx, New York
Disclosures
Disclosure: Ileana L. Piña, MD, MPH, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
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W. Brian Gibler, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine; Director of Business Development, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati,
Ohio
Disclosures
Disclosure: W. Brian Gibler, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as an advisor or consultant for: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Entegrion, Inc.; Intelemage®, LLC; Roche
Owns stock, stock options, or bonds from: Entegrion, Inc.; Intelemage, LLC; MyoCardioCare, Inc.; Siloam
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L. Kristin Newby, MD, MHS
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology, Duke University School of Medicine; Co-Director, Duke Cardiac Care Unit, Duke University
Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Disclosures
Disclosure: L. Kristin Newby, MD, MHS, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as an advisor or consultant for: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; BASF Corporation; BioKier, Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb
Company; CardioDx, Inc.; DemeRx, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; metanomics GmbH; Philips Healthcare; Roche
Received grants for clinical research from: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; GlaxoSmithKline
Editor
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For Physicians
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