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National Heart Attack Alert Program
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Coordinating Committee
Meeting
October 28-29, 2002 Bethesda,
Maryland
HIGHLIGHTS
- Stephen Cantrill was welcomed to the Coordinating
Committee as the new representative of the American College of Emergency
Physicians. Dr. Cantrill is Associate Director of the Department of Emergency
Medicine at the Denver Health Medical Center and an assistant professor in the
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, at the University of
Colorado Health Sciences Center. He succeeds Dr. Mark Smith.
- The following substitutes were welcomed to the
meeting:
Ms. Kemlee White of the American Association of
Occupational Health Nurses Ms. Pat Bonifer-Tiedt of the American Red
Cross Mr. Jonathan Moore of the International Association of
Firefighters
- Dr. James Atkins reported that the Executive
Committee reviewed the activities of the Act in Time to Heart Attack
Signs and discussed pursuing further such issues as the identification of
prodomal symptoms, the appropriate timeline between symptom recognition and
treatment, and quality assurance initiatives through the collection of
additional information and discussion with appropriate experts.
- The chairs of the Education, Health Systems, and
Science Base Subcommittees reported on their activities and plans.
- Dr. Gerald DeVaughn gave a presentation on the
activities and programs of the National Cardiovascular Health Conference
entitled Cardiovascular Health for All, held April 11 to 13 in
Washington, DC.
- Ms. Mary Hand reminded participants that Drs.
Atkins and Joseph Ornato both made presentations at this conference and that
these presentations were Webcast. She urged participants to view these Webcasts
on the Programs Web site.
- Ms. Terry Long, Senior Manager for Communications
of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes (NHLBI) Office of
Prevention, Education, and Control (OPEC), reviewed the media activities that
were conducted in conjunction with the above-mentioned conference.
- Mr. Alan Mertz, Executive Vice President of the
Healthcare Leadership Council and Chairman of the Confidentiality Coalition,
reviewed the ramifications of the new Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations.
- Dr. Jeanette Guyton-Krishnan, a Public Health
Analyst in the NHLBIs OPEC, provided an update of data sources related to
NHAAP-relevant Healthy People 2010 data sources.
- Dr. Wayne Giles of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention discussed a baseline data report relevant to one of the
pertinent Healthy People 2010 objectives.
- Ms. Long discussed the progress of the Act in
Time to Heart Attack Signs social marketing campaign and reviewed its
various products and activities and the response to them.
- Ms. Pat Bonifer-Tiedt, Director of Research and
Product Development for Health, Safety, and Community Services of the American
Red Cross, updated the Committee on activities conducted by the American Red
Cross in support of the campaign. These activities include placing materials on
the national Web site, providing materials for newsletters, providing the NHLBI
with mailing labels so that kits could be mailed to every Red Cross chapter in
the country, incorporating Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs messages
and products into another cardiovascular health training program, and
developing complementary materials for Spanish-speaking audiences.
- Ms. Eva Grace, Project Coordinator for the
American College of Cardiologys Emergency Cardiac Care committee,
reported that an Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs section was prepared
for the organizations Web site, including the NHLBI contact information
and an article prepared for the e-newsletter. A short news article on Act in
Time to Heart Attack Signs was placed at the centerfold of
Cardiology, the monthly periodical.
- Dr. Lee Garvey, Society of Chest Pain Centers and
Providers, reported that materials have been sent to all Society members in the
past 6 months, as well as new members planning chest pain centers in their
institutions. In addition, the Society has launched a local, community-focused
initiative in Charlotte to spread the news about Act in Time to Heart Attack
Signs.
- Dr. George Sopko of the NHLBI reviewed the
recommendations that resulted from an NHLBI workshop conducted earlier in the
month on Womens Ischemic Syndrome Evaluation (WISE).
- Dr. Harry Selker of the Society of General
Internal Medicine discussed the recommendations that resulted from the NHLBI
WISE workshop where he addressed Key Messages About Symptoms of Acute
Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) in Women and Recommendations for Practice.
- Dr. Robert Zalenski of the Society for Academic
Emergency Medicine made a presentation entitled When the Family Becomes
the Patient: Caring for Survivors of Patients Who Have Sudden Death from
Cardiovascular Causes.
- Dr. Daniel Stryer of the Agency for Health Care
Research and Quality called the Committees attention to a series of
articles on the Cardiac Arrhythmia Management vi Patient Outcomes Research Team
(PORT-II) that appeared in the September issue of the American Heart
Journal.
- Mr. David Bryson of the National Highway
Transportation Safety Administration reported on the National Emergency Medical
Services (EMS) Research Agenda meeting that was held in June.
- Ms. Hand asked participants if they would like to
pursue electronic registration for future meetings, and the majority of members
agreed. She then thanked participants for attending and adjourned the
meeting.
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