Building a Seamless GDMT Approach Across Care Settings - October 19, 2026

Appleton, WI US
October 19, 2026

Join us for an interactive one-hour lunch-and-learn focused on optimizing the care of patients with heart failure across the continuum of care. This educational program will review current guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT), discuss practical strategies for initiating and titrating evidence-based therapies, and explore opportunities to improve transitions of care through interdisciplinary collaboration.  Participants will gain practical, case-based insights that can readily be applied in clinical practice to enhance patient outcomes.

 

Target Audience

This educational activity is designed for physicians, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with heart failure. The program is intended for clinicians practicing in both inpatient and outpatient settings who are interested in expanding their knowledge of GDMT, improving transitions of care, and increasing their confidence in the evidence-based management of heart failure.

Learning Objectives

Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:
 
•Interpret current heart failure guideline recommendations, including guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT), to support evidence-based clinical decision-making across care settings.
•Apply evidence-based strategies for the initiation, titration, and optimization of heart failure therapies to improve patient outcomes and reduce the risk of hospitalizations including  readmissions.
•Develop multidisciplinary transitions-of-care approaches that promote continuity of heart failure management across inpatient, outpatient, and primary care settings
•Examine common misconceptions and perceived contraindications that contribute to the underutilization of GDMT and formulate evidence-based strategies to address these barriers.
Additional information

Contact

Name: 
Heather O'Brien, PharmD
Phone Number: 
+1 (920) 454-5202
Email: 
[email protected]

Course summary

Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
  • 1.00 NP Contact Hours
Course opens: 
07/23/2026
Course expires: 
12/31/2026
Event starts: 
10/19/2026 - 12:00pm CDT
Event ends: 
10/19/2026 - 1:00pm CDT
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
From Discharge to Destination Program
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From Discharge to Destination:
Building a Seamless Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy Approach in Heart Failure Across Care Settings

Time

Session

12:00 pm–12:05 pm
 

Welcome, introductions, faculty disclosures, and review of learning objectives

Speaker:  

12:05 pm–12:15 pm

Heart Failure:

-The scope of the problem (from Diagnosis to Prognosis)

-Guideline Directed Medical Therapy (Defining and Building the 'Why')

Speaker: 

12:15 pm–12:35 pm
 

Optimizing GDMT: initiation, sequencing, titration, and overcoming common barriers

Speaker:

12:35 pm–12:45 pm

 

Transitions of Care: Building a seamless approach from hospital discharge through ambulatory follow-up, HF Clinic

Speaker:

12:45 pm–12:55 pm

 

Case-Based Application and Interactive Discussion

Speaker:

12:55 pm–1:00 pm
 

Questions, key takeaways, evaluation instructions, and CE credit information

Speaker:

 

 

ThedaCare Regional Medical Center- Appleton
1818 N Meade Street
Ironwood Conference Room LL
Appleton, WI 54911
United States
Activity Director:
Oleg Chebotarev, MD

 

Planning Committee:
Alexis Vandehey, PharmD
Cody Woyak, APNP
Heather O’Brien, PharmD, BCACP
Liz Besenhofer, PharmD
Nicole Green, BSP, RPh, DPLA

 

Presenters:
Nicole Green, BSP, RPh, DPLA (Ambulatory Pharmacy- Director)
Elizabeth Besenhofer, PharmD (Ambulatory Pharmacist- Cardiology)
Katherine Rasmussen, PharmD (Ambulatory Pharmacist- Cardiology | Internal Medicine)

 

Facilitator:
Kayla Wegner, PharmD (Ambulatory Pharmacy- Manager)

 

In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all persons in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. It is the policy of the Medical College of Wisconsin to identify, mitigate and disclose the absence or presence of all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose. 

  • Alexis Vandehey, PharmD
  • Cody Woyak, APNP
  • Heather O’Brien, PharmD, BCACP
  • Liz Besenhofer, PharmD
  • Morgan Platta, PharmD
  • Nicole Green, BSP, RPh, DPLA
  • Kayla Wegner, PharmD
  • Katherine Rasmussen, PharmD

The following persons in control of content disclosed the following financial relationships which were reviewed via the MCW conflict of interest mitigation process and addressed:

Name

Company

Role

 Oleg Chebotarev, MD

Zoll Medical Corporation, Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals

 Speaker

 

 

 

ACCME Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.00 hour of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.
 
Nurse Practitioner:
The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners: AANP Provider Number 150930. This program has been approved for up to 1 contact hour of continuing education (which includes 0 hours of pharmacology). Nurse Practitioners should claim only those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
  • 1.00 NP Contact Hours

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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