Heart Team Observation: Best Practices in Shock Outcomes
Target audience: Established Interdisciplinary teams of up to six healthcare professionals who have a strong heart team foundation and are looking to strengthen their advanced heart-failure and MCS pathways. Teams may include a mix of Interventional Cardiologists, Advanced Heart Failure Cardiologists, Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Intensivists or Cardiac Anesthesiologists, Advanced Practice Providers, Coordinators and Service Line Leaders.
Thursday Nov. 5
6:30 p.m. EST
Friday Nov. 6
3 p.m. EST
Atrium Health - Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
1000 Blythe Blvd.
Charlotte, NC
• Observe and summarize core Heart Team roles, workflows, and the decision‑making process used during patient‑selection meetings.
• Identify early indicators for patient escalation and how multidisciplinary teams apply selection criteria for MCS interventions.
• Shadow role‑specific clinical activities to capture practical best practices and workflow adaptations for local teams.
• Interpret Heart Team data‑collection approaches and key metrics that support quality improvement and program evaluation.
• Translate observations into a concise implementation plan (next steps, priority changes, and data checkpoints) to adapt lessons learned at the participant’s home institution.