What's New: 2006 Archives

CCS Heart Failure Consensus Impact Working Group
Making Progress!

May 12, 2006

The second of a series of face to face meetings of the CCS Heart Failure Consensus Impact Group (IWG) was held May 12, 2006 in Toronto , Ontario . The IWG identified and finalized priorities for ongoing analyses of the potential impact the CCS Heart Failure Consensus Recommendations on both clinical practice patterns and health outcomes.

With representation from CCS, ICRH, CIHR, CIHI, CCORT, CCHFCN and QHFS, the IWG is now poised to begin this most important second arm of the CCS Heart Failure Consensus Program.

The picture below shows the IWG Team hard at work and lists the members of the Team.

The IWG in action!

The CCS Heart Failure Consensus Impact Working Group

Back row, left to right : Vaska Micevski, Toronto General Hospital ; Malcolm Arnold, University of Western Ontario ; John Parker, Canadian Cardiovascular Society; Mark Healy, Mezzanine Business Consulting; Jack Tu, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences Front row, left to right: Peter Liu, University of Toronto; Elizabeth Stirling, Canadian Institute of Health Research; Heather Ross, Toronto General Hospital; Sally Brown, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada; Marie-Josée Martin, Sunergia Management Not present : Ian Graham, University of Ottawa, Greg Webster, Canadian Institute for Health Information; Jonathan Howlett, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center, Normand Racine, Institut de cardiologie de Montréal; Andrew Ignaszewski, St-Paul’s Hospital

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