Patient-Centered Cardiac Risk Communication

Authors

Roma Amin, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PAFollow
Mark Berguson, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PAFollow
Marianna LaNoue, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PAFollow
Geoffrey Mills, MD, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PAFollow
Manisha Verma, MD, MPH, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PAFollow

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2-5-2013

Abstract

More than a third of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in America is primarily due to modifiable risk factors. This reflects the significant impact that patient behavior could have on health outcomes. Our solution is to develop a tool that would convert Framingham Risk Score (FRS) – the gold standard of cardiac risk assessment – into a personalized mode that best incorporates patient’s desires and abilities, and that ultimately elicits behavior change. The first phase in this project was to understand how physicians are currently assessing cardiac risk.

Recommended Citation

Amin, Roma; Berguson, Mark; LaNoue, PhD, Marianna; Mills, MD, PhD, Geoffrey; and Verma, MD, MPH, Manisha, "Patient-Centered Cardiac Risk Communication" (2013). CwiC-PH. Poster 4.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/ph/4