Heart resources for health care professionals

Providing patients, clients and their caregivers and family with information about their health condition, how it is treated and how to manage it, is an important aspect of care we provide. Patient education helps empower patients and their families to take a more active role in their own health care and recovery. The role of health care providers is important as patients often perceive them to be trusted and credible sources of information.

Providing comprehensive patient education helps the patient and health care provider achieve shared decision making, improve understanding, adherence to treatments, encourage self-management. It is important to note that providing patient education means more than just offering literature and giving directions.

• Understand that discharge teaching begins with early, at admission or at diagnosis.
• Find out what the patient already knows.
• Educate patients with every encounter.
• Use simple, non medical jargon terms that patients can understand.
• Ask open ended questions, such as: "Tell me what you know about your condition?"
• Have the patient and family explain back to you what they heard you say.
• Use a variety of methods for teaching: electronic, visual, models, hands-on learning, etc. to appeal to different learning styles.

The forms listed are related to accessing clinical services in Fraser Health facilities. Please contact the relevant Fraser Health facility to enquire about clinical services documents which do not appear on this list.

• Royal Columbian Hospital Atrial Fibrillation Clinic Referral Form

• BC Echocardiogram Requisition (DIXX105936A)

• Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Referral (CDXX104703B) 
• iConnect Health Centre Referral

• Cardiology Clinic Referral (AMXX105992A) 

• Abbotsford Regional Hospital Chest Pain Clinic Referral (AMXX105993A)
• Regional Pre-Printed Orders for Chest Pain Emergency Short Stay Diagnostic and Treatment Unit (DRDO105106A) 
• Royal Columbian Hospital Chest Pain Clinic Referral Fax (CDXX105749A) 

• Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre Heart Health Nutrition Referral (MSXX104751A) 

• Healthy Heart Program Referral (CDXX104703C) 
• Burnaby Healthy Heart Program Referral (CDXX104703C)
  Note: This form also functions as a referral to our Burnaby Lipid Clinic. 

• Implantable Cardiac Electrical Devices Referral Form
• Regional Pre-Printed Orders for Implantable Cardiac Devices - Pre-Procedure (Step 1 of 2)
• Implantable Cardiac Electrical Devices Outpatient Checklist

• Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre Lipid Clinic Referral (PMXX104704A) 
  Note: This Healthy Heart Program Referral Form also functions as referral to the Burnaby Lipid Clinic.

• Outpatient Cardiac Catheterization Referral (CDXX106451A)

• Patient Questionnaire Pre-Surgical Health History

The following websites have cardiac health information and resources to share with patients: 

• Fraser Health's Patient Education Catalogue
• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
• BC Heart Failure Network