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Support and resources for health care professionals

Our range of clinical and patient support resources are available for you to use in your daily practice.

Key takeaways

We support health care professionals in the prevention, treatment and management of heart disease
The Heart Foundation develops evidence-based clinical guidelines and educational resources
Our patient support resources can be used in your daily practice to educate and empower your patients.

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Health care professionals play an essential role in the fight against heart disease. The Heart Foundation is here to provide you with the tools and information you need to deliver the best, evidence-based care to your patients. Our range of clinical and patient support resources are available for you to use in your daily practice.

With your support, we can help prevent, treat and manage heart disease in Australia.

Our clinical resources target specific cardiovascular conditions, areas of care and high-risk groups. Choose the right tools and resources for your patients to achieve the best health outcomes.

Cardiovascular conditions

Our clinical resources target specific cardiovascular conditions and areas of importance in care and high-risk groups. You can choose a combination of tools and resources most relevant to your patient to achieve optimal health outcomes.

Heart failure
Atrial fibrillation
Acute coronary syndromes
Hypertension
Rheumatic heart disease
Absolute cardiovascular risk.

Key areas in cardiovascular care

Cardiac rehabilitation
Women and heart disease
Food and nutrition
Physical activity
Tobacco control.

Populations disproportionately affected by cardiovascular disease

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Rural and remote population
People from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Clinical guidelines by condition

Heart failure
Atrial fibrillation
Acute coronary syndromes
Hypertension
Absolute cardiovascular risk
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) – Developed by RHD Australia and shared with their permission).

The Heart Foundation develops high-quality, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for a range of heart conditions, often in partnership with the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ).

Our clinical practice guidelines are created alongside health care professionals and consumers to ensure the information is relevant and useful for you.

Clinical guidelines by condition

Heart failure
Atrial fibrillation
Acute coronary syndromes
Hypertension
Absolute cardiovascular risk
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) – Developed by RHD Australia and shared with their permission).

You can access Australian heart disease guidelines by downloading our HF Smart Heart Guidelines app.

Our position statements keep you up-to-date with emerging evidence for specific aspects of cardiovascular care in an Australian context.

Position statements share evidence-based insights on specific aspects of cardiovascular care, such as ablation for atrial fibrillation.

We also have position statements for key areas of importance in cardiovascular care, such as food and nutrition.

You can access a range of educational resources to support clinical practice guidelines and resources. Many of our clinical resources include accompanying webinars with panel discussions by the authors.

Tools and training include:

Clinical fact sheets
Screening tools
Online learning modules
Heart health ambassador program
Online tool kits (e.g. Heart Failure Toolkit).

We are here to help you educate and support your patients in the prevention and management of heart conditions.

Resources for recovery after a heart procedure or the diagnosis of a heart condition include:

Patient-friendly webpages, flyers and videos to explain heart conditions, tests and procedures
Fact sheets and action plans to help patients manage their heart conditions
Guides to provide in-depth support for your patient, such as the My Heart My Life guide, for people living with coronary heart disease.

The Heart Foundation Helpline

We encourage you to share the Heart Foundation Helpline information with your patients and their carers. They can access free personalised information and support on heart health, nutrition and healthy lifestyles from qualified health professionals.

Call the helpline on 13 11 12 during business hours in your capital city.

Join our community of health care professionals

Stay up-to-date with new guidelines and publications, practice tools, events and general news by signing up to the Heart Health Network newsletter. Join our health care professionals network to get support and work together to deliver the best patient care in the fight against cardiovascular disease.

Support and resources for health care professionals

Our range of clinical and patient support resources are available for you to use in your daily practice.

Key takeaways

Cardiovascular conditions

Key areas in cardiovascular care

Populations disproportionately affected by cardiovascular disease

Clinical guidelines by condition

Clinical guidelines by condition

The Heart Foundation Helpline

Join our community of health care professionals

Join our Heart Health Network

More on this topic

Health professional online learning

Health professional online learning

Clinical Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

Smart Heart Guidelines App

Smart Heart Guidelines App

Smart Heart Guidelines App

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Supporting Young Hearts Program

Supporting Young Hearts Program

Atrial fibrillation interactive tools from the guidelines

Atrial fibrillation interactive tools from the guidelines

Atrial fibrillation interactive tools from the guidelines

Alcohol action plan

Alcohol action plan

Order patient resources online

Order patient resources online

Australian absolute CVD risk calculator

Australian absolute CVD risk calculator

Interactive Australian Heart Maps

Interactive Australian Heart Maps

Atrial fibrillation resources for patients

Atrial fibrillation resources for patients

Diabetes action plan

Diabetes action plan

Australian absolute CVD risk charts

Australian absolute CVD risk charts

Interactive Victorian Heart Maps

Interactive Victorian Heart Maps

Heart failure resources for patients

Heart failure resources for patients

Heart Health Network

Heart Health Network

Heart Health Network

Absolute CVD risk: Practical update webinar

Absolute CVD risk: Practical update webinar

Seize the power to be a hero on World Heart Day

Seize the power to be a hero on World Heart Day

Seize the power to be a hero on World Heart Day

Nutrition action plan

Nutrition action plan

Smart Heart Guidelines App

Smart Heart Guidelines App

Smart Heart Guidelines App

The Heart Failure Toolkit

The Heart Failure Toolkit

Physical activity action plan

Physical activity action plan

Quit smoking action plan

Quit smoking action plan