Welcome to the new HFCC site!

Welcome to the CCC Heart Failure Consensus Conference Program Website. This site has been designed using the CCS Consensus Conference Closed Loop Development Model as its center for information triage and navigation.

What is the CCS Consensus Conference Closed Loop Development Model?

The CCS Heart Failure Consensus Conference Program has made an exciting long-term commitment to identifying best practices in knowledge translation through the development, dissemination, implementation and evaluation of the CCS Heart Failure Consensus Conference Recommendations.

The CCS has adopted an innovative “closed-loop” model of CC development for the CCS Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure Update 2006. This model accommodates end-user and stakeholder input and evaluation on an ongoing basis in the spirit of collaborative development of timely, practical and effective CCs.

In this process, end-user needs assessment and evaluation are actively sought with feedback integrated into the next iteration of CCS Consensus Conference in the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure. The closed-loop model also permits integration of industry quality standards for guidelines (AGREE Collaboration) in addition to ongoing performance measurements and incremental improvements on a cyclical basis.

The Website Redesign

The CCS Heart Failure Consensus Program has experienced significant and rapid growth since its inception 18 months ago. With this growth, there is need to revisit the initial design of the website.

The CCS Heart Failure Website has been redesigned based on the CCS Consensus Conference Closed Loop Development Model. Information has been triaged into the 5 stages and the CCS Consensus Conference Closed Loop Development Model Graphic serves as the design for the navigation of the site. For your convenience we have included a site map located within the site map link on the bottom of the home page.

If you have any problems or difficulties with this site or have suggestions for improving it please contact us at HFCC@CCS.ca