Heart failure for healthcare providers

• Addressing heart failure in primary care PART 1 – identifying and diagnosing heart failure(external link) and PART 2 – initiating and optimising treatment for heart failure(external link) BPAC, NZ, 2025
• Heart failure(external link) B-QuiCK BPAC, NZ, 2025 summary of the above
• Clinical audit – optimising treatment in patients with heart failure(external link) BPAC, NZ, 2023. This helps clinicians identify patients who have been diagnosed with heart failure for at least 3 months to assess whether they are receiving optimal care.
• Guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management of heart failure in Australia 2018(external link) National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and NZ, 2018
• Beta-blockers for cardiovascular conditions – one size does not fit all patients(external link) BPAC, NZ, 2017(external link)
• Congestive heart failure – te mate manawa kikī(external link) frailty care guide for older adults HQSC, NZ, 2023
• Research Review(external link) sign up for free reviews of recent cardiology research under internal medicine (or other clinical areas), NZ
• Management of iron deficiency in chronic heart failure Research Review, NZ, 2019

e-Learning courses

Support people to stay well with heart failure(external link) LearnOnline, NZ
Cardiac education for nurses(external link) online continuing professional development for nurses working in primary care, The Heart Foundation, NZ

Goodfellow Unit Podcasts (Professor Rob Doughty)

Heart failure – what's new(external link) (37 minutes) 2022
Heart failure – the four pillars(external link) (44 minutes) 2023

Videos and webinars

Video: PHARMAC seminars: Congestive heart failure – Professor Gerry Devlin (52 minutes)

(PHARMAC Seminars, NZ, 2019)

Video: Goodfellow Unit: Internal medicine day – Heart failure (30 minutes)

(The Goodfellow Unit, NZ, 2018)

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