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🩺 When was your last heart and stroke health check?🩺   Heart disease and strokes are leading causes of death in Australia[1], but it’s largely preventable highlighting the importance of annual health checks.     Today Bayer, Heart Foundation, Stroke Foundation and Amgen combined efforts to raise awareness around preventive care and equitable access to innovative treatments.     For Australians living with cardiovascular disease, it is a sad reality that they could be waiting over 466 days for new medicines to be listed on the #PBS. We pledge our support for medicines to be listed on the #PBS within 60 days. Let’s work together to keep our communities strong and healthy💪❤️     #HeartHealth #Medicare #StrongerPBS #CVDPrevention  [1]. AIHW, Deaths in Australia 2024    David Thomson Susan Martland Lisa Murphy David Lloyd Ged Kearney Monica Saba

This year’s Heart Failure Awareness Days focused on the theme “Detect the undetected: FIND ME” – referring to the estimated 400,000 undiagnosed individuals with #heartfailure in the UK. The campaign emphasised the importance of early intervention, which can reduce hospital admissions and save lives. The British Society for Heart Failure has committed to reducing the number of heart failure deaths by 25% over the next 25 years, saving 10,000 lives annually. The plan is to achieve this through a unique Quality Improvement model, piloted in 7 localities in the UK, aiming to reach less engaged communities and patients in areas of socioeconomic deprivation. Studies highlight the urgency of this initiative, revealing that low-income patients with heart failure had nearly a twofold increase in the risk of in-hospital mortality and post-discharge events compared with the high-income group.1 As a medical communications agency with extensive experience in cardiovascular medicine but also across numerous chronic conditions, we are interested to see the impact of this local approach to engaging and communicating with diverse patient populations, one of the most important factors in improving health outcomes. #HF #BSH #25in25 #HFAD #HeartFailureAwareness 1. Hung CH, et al. Heart. 2021;107:208–16.

Last week, we joined leading healthcare professionals, top researchers and people living with diabetes in Lisbon at the ISPAD conference on diabetes in young people 🤝 Experts shared updates including treatments to help people with type 1 diabetes keep making insulin for longer and initiatives to give more people access to the latest technology to manage diabetes. Check out our top 5 highlights 👉 https://lnkd.in/eKV-PBMM #Type1Diabetes #T1D #ISPAD50 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT DIABETES (ISPAD)

Recognizing American Diabetes Month — A Commitment to Improved Diabetes Care In recognition of American Diabetes Month, we at Simulation in Motion Montana reaffirm our commitment to health education and proactive diabetes management. Diabetes remains a major health issue affecting millions globally, demanding continual advancements in healthcare training and patient care. Our simulation training programs are specifically designed to enhance skills in: Early Detection: Identifying diabetes at an early stage. Effective Management: Implementing the latest therapeutic practices. Patient Education: Ensuring patients have the knowledge to manage their diabetes effectively. Let’s use this month to raise awareness, exchange knowledge, and support better health practices. Engage with us as we work towards transforming diabetes care through education and simulation. #AmericanDiabetesMonth #HealthcareInnovation #ProfessionalDevelopment

As we navigate the post-European Union election landscape in Brussels, we look forward to working with newly elected representatives and urging them to act to improve outcomes for people with heart failure. Cardiovascular diseases, including heart failure, are growing in prevalence around the world. Heart failure is already the leading cause of hospitalisation in Europe, and nearly 15 million people across the continent are estimated to be living with the condition. The time to act is now. Urgent political prioritisation of heart failure research and funding is required to achieve early diagnosis and treatment. By detecting heart failure at an earlier stage, we can reduce the burden it places on health systems and improve quality of life for people living with it. Together, we can make a difference. #Advocacy #EUelections #Healthcare #HeartFailureMission https://lnkd.in/eKnYzT49

Years ago I remember seeing a patient with acute severe asthma in the emergency department.   After a number of interventions, the patient started to improve.   By a number of interventions, I mean nebulisers, oxygen, steroids, aminophylline, bricanyl, calling intensive care.   So quite a number.   An hour or so later, the patient was able to speak in sentences.   And tell me that they never had a spirometry.   And never received advice on smoking cessation.   This is an example of working in a break-fix system.   Today lots of patients with asthma still don’t routinely have spirometry. Or receive advice about smoking.   So still break-fix.   Wouldn’t it be great to work in a predict-prevent system?   Where you had computable evidence that would help you conduct prospective analysis across a population. So ensuring that evidence-based care happens first time every time.   Where the computable evidence would ensure systematic identification of patients with selected conditions and the tests and treatments that they should receive.   Where people are learning and the system is learning too.   If you are interested in finding out more, please come to our session on BMJ Clinical Intelligence: the role of computable evidence in improving population health at #Quality2024 in London on 12 April.   Speaking will be Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc, Chris Wroe, and Yvonne Ridge.   I have learned a massive amount from them over the past couple of years.   I know you will too.  Sophieann O'Kersey Ali Boukabache    Dr Comfort King MBBS MSc PGDip  Tuan Davies   Helen Carson-Oliver     

There are record numbers of people waiting for heart care in England alone. Heart patients can’t wait. In a new report released today, we're calling on the new UK Government to commit to a Heart Disease Action Plan and put in place a series of measures that could help to reduce early death and disability from cardiovascular disease. These include reducing waits for heart treatment and care, addressing obesity and smoking, tackling health inequalities, and powering research and innovation. The right focus and action could help avoid up to 11,000 premature cardiovascular disease deaths each year by 2035. Help us end the heart care crisis: https://lnkd.in/ehwpQTG7 #HeartsNeedMore

2024's World Diabetes Day theme is Breaking Barriers, Bridging Gaps'— highlighting the ongoing importance of ensuring people with diabetes have access to high-quality care. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has launched their updated Management of type 2 diabetes: A handbook for general practice. Developed by the RACGP and Diabetes Australia, this comprehensive resource features up-to-date evidence and advice to support high-quality care of patients with type 2 diabetes. The handbook is available for GPs and primary healthcare providers, including practice nurses, diabetes educators and allied health professionals. 👉 Access the handbook: https://lnkd.in/gg7k4kEG 👉 This free diabetes service is making day-to-day management of diabetes easier for your patients: https://lnkd.in/g6tpPdjB #WorldDiabetesDay #diabetesawareness #knowthesigns #diabetes #RACGP #diabetesaustralia #BrisbaneSouthPHN

Today is National Senior Citizens Day, a day to celebrate older Americans and raise awareness of the many issues that affect them, like the increased risk of chronic wounds. Why do older adults have an increased risk for chronic wounds? 🦽Immobility and Inactivity: When skin and soft tissue presses against a hard surface, like a chair or bed, for an extended period of time without movement or activity, a pressure injury/ulcer can form. 🧬Diabetes: Complications of diabetes, like neuropathy and peripheral vascular disease, can lead to a leg or foot ulcer. 🩸Poor Blood Circulation: When plaque builds inside the arteries, blood, oxygen and nutrient flows are reduced or blocked, causing vascular ulcers. Refer a senior patient in need of advanced wound care or hyperbaric medicine to one of our centers across the nation or to our In-Home Wound Care Services today! To learn more, visit https://lnkd.in/giw_k-Cv. #WhereHealingHappens