The largest cardiovascular peer-to-peer support network in the world
Mission “Inspiring hope and improving the quality of life for heart patients and their families through ongoing peer-to-peer support”
About Mended Hearts Founded 1951 Dwight Harken, MD 20,000 Members 300 Chapters 460 Hospitals 200,000 Patients & Family Visits Annually National office - Based in Dallas National staff of 8
Corporate Advisory Council Abbott Amgen Cardiovascular Astellas Pharma AstraZeneca Boehringer Ingleheim Bristol-Myers Squibb Edwards Lifesciences Gilead Sciences Janssen Novartis Pharmaceuticals Novo Nordisk Pfizer Sanofi Regeneron Alliance
Medical Advisory Council Alden Harken, MD Barbara Jacobs, RN Jeffrey Marshall, MD Shihari “Hari” Naidu, MD Sarah Spinler, PharmD Mark Susso, MD
Healthcare Member Society Collaborations AACVPR ACC AHA PCNA SCAI Healthcare Member Society Collaborations
Timely Patient Peer Support 1/1/2019 Timely Patient Peer Support On-Demand Peer Support Virtual Visiting Hotline: 800-HEART-99 Removes Barriers Anywhere – online & phone Anytime Anyone HeartGuide Print Digital Smartphone/Tablet App English and Spanish HP template
Member Heartbeat Magazine Communicator Awards: Best Nonprofit Magazine Best Association Magazine Member Heartbeat Magazine
The Power of an Active Patient Visiting helps patients AND visitors HCPs can tell when a patient has been visited HCPs strongly supportive Visiting improves outcomes Proven results: Quantifying Value of Peer Support Study
1/1/2019 Key CMS Finding: Mended Hearts hospitals’ readmission rates for heart failure are significantly more likely to be “better than U.S. national rate” than other U.S. hospitals A lot has changed. For decades, we were under the wings of larger, more dominant organizations, but that all changed this year. We are no longer receiving any guaranteed revenue from anyone. Our infrastructure must now be funded by allocating a portion of every dollar we raise. And while we can add some operations costs to our proposals, we can’t really fully load them, without pricing ourselves out of the grant market, so to speak. This means that we must fund operations partially from within our larger organization. Do you have any questions about what these changes mean? HP template
Reduced Readmissions! New Reimbursement Rules Proven Model Inexpensive Solution – volunteer hours Opportunity: Scale Through Technology Peer Support Online & Phone
Mended Hearts Advocacy Priorities Access to innovative cardiovascular disease treatments and devices Medication adherence/medication therapy management Promote, ensure access to, and expand the use of cardiac rehabilitation
Future Online Support Communities 1/1/2019 Future Online Support Communities 24/7 Support Disease-State Specific Accredited Peer Visitors Multimedia Content Threaded Discussions Live Events Staff Moderated HP template
Starting a Mended Hearts Chapter 1/1/2019 Starting a Mended Hearts Chapter 10 community patients & caregivers Hospital stakeholders’ participation Hospital / rehab referrals Plan organizational meeting Charter the chapter HP template
The Sky’s The Limit Help patients find their voices Refer patients Add Mended Hearts to your hospital Check us out!
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