Stage 5: Impact Working Group

The Impact Working Group (IWG) was recently formed by CCS to establish and execute a five year impact analysis and communication strategy for the Heart Failure Consensus Conference Recommendations Program. This strategy focuses on quantifying potential impact of these evidence-based recommendations on both clinical practice patterns and health outcomes.

The first meeting of this group took place in Toronto on January 4, 2006 followed by a teleconference on February 10, 2006. A second face-to-face meeting is scheduled for March 2006.

Representation on the IWG includes CCS, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Institute of Health Information, Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team, Canadian Congestive Heart Failure Clinics Network and others.

The IWG represents recent and significant growth of the CCS Heart Failure Consensus Conference Recommendations Program and the potential of this initiative to quantify impact of these evidence-based recommendations on both clinical practice patterns and health outcomes.

Terms of Reference and membership for the IWG can be found here.