From hospital to home: coordinated heart failure care in general practice

Heart failure continues to drive significant illness, hospitalisation and premature death across Australia, highlighting the need for a primary care focus on systematic recall, coordinated monitoring and follow-up workflows that fit naturally within general practice.

This webinar hosted by Eastern Melbourne PHN, will help support general practice teams strengthen early post-discharge heart failure care, with expert insights, evidence updates, and practical strategies for follow-up, medication management, monitoring, self-management, and escalation. 

You’ll hear from expert primary care health professionals:

• Cardiologist – Dr Vicki Pandeli on why primary care–led optimisation is expected, supported and essential between hospital visits.
• GP – Assoc Prof Ralph Audehm on translating guidelines into real‑world workflows, recall systems and team roles.
• Consultant pharmacist – Mr Brian Meier on medicines optimisation, deprescribing and supporting adherence and patient understanding.
• Cardiac clinical nurse specialist – Ms Kirsten Sandstrom on nurse‑led monitoring, education, vaccination and coordination that sustain long‑term heart failure care.