About Us: Welcome to the CCS Heart Failure Consensus Conference (HFCC) Program!

On behalf of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS), please accept our genuine thanks for taking the time to visit our new website and to learn more about this innovative program.

The CCS has made a long-term commitment to identifying best practices in Knowledge Translation through the development, dissemination, implementation and evaluation the CCS Heart Failure Consensus Conference Recommendations. Through this website, we hope to provide an opportunity for those across Canada, who share an interest in heart failure care, to learn more of our efforts and to become actively involved in this exciting and long-term initiative.

Over the past year, our 'closed-loop' approach to guidelines development has resulted in a number of innovative achievements including:

• CCS' first formal, multi-disciplinary Primary Panel
• Establishment of the CCS Heart Failure Consensus Conference Advisory Round table
• Completion of first-ever CCS end-user Needs Assessment
• Detailed program specifications for dissemination, implementation and evaluation
• Deployment of Core Development Teams (CDTs)
• Completion and publication of 2006 Heart Failure Consensus Recommendations in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology (CJC) January 2006
• Publication of the 2006 Consensus Recommendations in four professional journals
  March 2006
• A national program of regional workshops for the 2006 Consensus Recommendations scheduled for Lake Louise, Toronto, St. John and Montreal
• Creation of the multi-disciplinary, multi-organization Impact Working Group
• CCS' first-ever AGREE Review
• Completion of community-based slidekit

Please feel free to browse the content of this website and return again on a regular basis as we will be providing regular updates of our progress. Further, feel free to contact John Parker, Director, Knowledge Translation (parker@ccs.ca), if you would like to learn more of this and other exciting initiatives at the CCS.

Your interest and involvement in the CCS Heart Failure Consensus Conference Recommendations Program will prove invaluable in identifying and better understanding potential links between evidence-based recommendations and impact on clinical practice patterns and health outcomes.

We are genuinely grateful for your continued support and interest and look forward to your comments and ongoing collaboration.

Kindest regards,

Heather Ross MD Chair, CCS Consensus Conference Committee	Malcolm Arnold MD Chair, CCS Heart Failure Consensus Conference
John Parker MN Director, Knowledge Translation	Jonathan Howlett MD Co-Chair, CCS heart Failure Consensus Conference