• Become familiar with the updated guidelines and best practices for remote monitoring as outlined in the new 2023 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS Expert Consensus Statement on Practical Management of the Remote Device Clinic.
• Identify key changes made in the 2023 Concensus document as compared to the 2015 Remote Monitoring Guidelines. 
• Review the growing number of digital patient wearable health devices that are enabled to play a role in the remote monitoring of cardiac conditions and the specific strengths and challenges that are associated with them. 
• Interpret data from sample remote monitoring cases and review diagnostics and case management with experts in the field.

Course Planners

Wendy Boettcher, BSN, CRAT, RN, CCDS, CDRMS, UTHealth EPHeart Training Center | Clinical Educational Trainer 
Lynn M. Brewer, BS, CCDS, Penn Medicine/Lancaster General Health | Manager, EP & Pacing Services 
Brynn E. Dechert-Crooks, APN, FHRS, CCDS, C.S. Mott Children`s Hospital | Nurse Practitioner 
Jay Cullivan, BSN, RN, CCDS, Massachusetts General Hospital | CIED Clinic & Arrhythmia Remote Monitoring Manager 
Martha G. Ferrara, DNP, FNP, RN, FHRS, CCDS, White Plains Hospital | Nurse Practitioner
Aileen M. Ferrick, PhD, ACNP, RN, FHRS, White Plains Hospital EP | Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Researcher 
Rakesh Gopinathannair, MA, MD, FHRS, Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute | Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology 
Anthony D. Mercando, BSEE, MD, White Plains Hospital Physician Associates | Physician
Gregory F. Michaud, MD, FHRS, Massachusetts General Hospital | Physician
Suneet Mittal, BA, MD, FHRS, The Valley Hospital | Director Electrophysiology Lab 
Andreas Pflaumer, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne | Pediatric Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist 
Carissa Rose Pistilli, MSN, The Valley Hospital | Nurse Practitioner 
Lynda E. Rosenfeld, MD, FHRS, Yale University School of Medicine | Emerita Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Stephanie Toth, ACNP, Bryn Mawr Medical Specialists/ Triangulate Health | Nurse Practitioner 

CME Disclosure Policy

The Heart Rhythm Society is committed to the provision of Accredited Continuing Education (formerly known as Continuing Medical Education (CME)) that is balanced, objective, and evidence based. HRS adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) which require that those individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity (including, but not limited to, planners, faculty, authors, committee members, content reviewers, editors, and staff) disclose all financial relationships with an ACCME-defined ineligible company* within the 24 months prior to the disclosure.

Any individual who refuses to disclose financial relationships is disqualified from participating in HRS ACE-certified activities. Owners and employees of ACCME-defined ineligible companies may have no role in the planning or implementation of ACE activities without a special written exemption from the HRS Chief Learning Officer that will be granted only in specific circumstances that meet ACCME requirements.

ACCME Definition:

*An ineligible company is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Examples of such organizations include:

• Advertising, marketing, or communication firms whose clients are ineligible companies
• Bio-medical startups that have begun a governmental regulatory approval process
• Compounding pharmacies that manufacture proprietary compounds
• Device manufacturers or distributors
• Diagnostic labs that sell proprietary products
• Growers, distributors, manufacturers or sellers of medical foods and dietary supplements
• Manufacturers of health-related wearable products
• Pharmaceutical companies or distributors
• Pharmacy benefit managers
• Reagent manufacturers or sellers

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

The Heart Rhythm Society is committed to the provision of Accredited Continuing Education (formerly known as Continuing Medical Education (CME)) that is balanced, objective, and evidence based. HRS adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) which require that those individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity (including, but not limited to, planners, faculty, authors, committee members, content reviewers, editors, and staff) disclose all financial relationships with an ACCME-defined ineligible company within the 24 months prior to the disclosure.

The Heart Rhythm Society takes steps to assure its learners and the public that the content of certified activities is accurate and reliable. The following principles are applied to the process of validating CME content. The content is peer-reviewed to ensure the following:

Fair Balance - that content is balanced among various options available for treatment and not biased toward a particular product or manufacturer.

Patient Treatment Recommendations - that patient treatment recommendations contained in the content are evidence-based, are appropriate for the target audience, and that the patient treatment recommendations contribute to overall improvement in patient care.

Scientific Validity - those scientific studies cited in the activity conform to standards accepted by the scientific community.

Learning Objectives - that the educational content supports the learning objectives of the activity, and that the objectives stated for performance-in-practice are actionable and measurable.

Omissions - that no seminal studies, data, or best evidence are missing.