For healthcare professionals working with cardiac rehabilitation patients, having a current, comprehensive policy & procedure manual can be an invaluable resource to have at your fingertips: In today’s rapidly evolving cardiac rehab field, being up-to-date is crucial. Fortunately, the new 5th Edition “Cardiac Health, Rehabilitation & Secondary Prevention” manual, co-written by Jody Heggestad Hereford, BSN, MS, MAACVPR, and Karen Lui, RN, MS, MAACVPR, both past national presidents of the American Association of Cardiovascular Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) with combined experience of over 50 years in the trenches of cardiac rehabilitation program operations, is the definitive policy & procedure manual to serve this purpose. There are several major new additions to this 5th Edition, including: physician referral and supervision policies and tools, updated reimbursement information, and CQI and Outcomes policies and tools. In addition, the manual includes new Individualized Treatment Plan (ITP) forms, new and updated core competency policies, and comprehensive policies and procedures consistent with AACVPR guidelines, ACSM guidelines, The Joint Commission, AHA and other recommendations and guidelines.
The new “Cardiac Health, Rehabilitation & Secondary Prevention” manual covers virtually all areas of cardiac rehab and according to co-author, Jody Hereford, would be useful to any “Cardiac Rehabilitation program seeking the most up-to-date policies that are based on the latest science, professional guidelines and regulations, as well as any new cardiac rehabilitation programs that don’t feel the need to re-create the wheel in creating a policy & procedure manual.”
The manual is 588-pages in length and available in written or digital format, the latter allowing for program customization or modular output. The publisher is Academy Medical Systems, an online provider of continuing education for healthcare professionals as well as publisher of policy & procedure manuals.