Med vs CCPN SPAF Tool

The Med-HF App supports healthcare professionals in the initiation, titration, assessment and monitoring of 6 drug classes commonly used to treat heart failure: ACEIs/ARBs, Beta-Blockers, MRA: Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist, ARNI: Angiotensin Receptor Blocker / Neprilysin Inhibitor, Ivabradine, Diuretics. This App interactively walks healthcare professionals through evidence-based algorithms, specific to these 6 drug classes, and recommends appropriate actions and considerations based on 2018 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Guidelines. Features: • Recommendations for medication initiation, titration, assessment and monitoring • Dosing information • References • Clinical pearls • General approach and drug class algorithms

Stroke prevention for your patients with atrial fibrillation The Canadian Cardiovascular Pharmacist Network (CCPN) SPAF Tool App is designed to assist Canadian healthcare professionals optimize stroke prevention treatment in their patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. It was modeled after the CCPN SPAF pocket card. It incorporates stroke risk stratification using CHADS and CHADSVASc criteria, bleeding risk using HAS-BLED criteria and provides recommendations for stroke prevention therapy based on the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) AFIB Guidelines. This app also includes practical drug information, dose recommendations, creatinine clearance calculations, and management tools which allow healthcare professionals to compare therapeutic options and tailor therapy for individual patients. It is intended as a general reference to supplement the existing knowledge of healthcare professionals. This app was supported in kind by the Centre for Innovation in Complex Care (CICC) and through an unrestricted grant from the Pfizer-Bristol Myers Squibb Alliance and Servier Canada. The original CCPN SPAF pocket card was supported through an unrestricted grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Canada 

For use by Canadian healthcare professionals only.