Webinar Overview

Join ACC's Health Equity Task Force and Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (HEDI) team for the next installment of the ACC Health Equity Webinar Series, " Enhancing Cardiovascular Health in Rural Communities: Identifying Challenges and Opportunities."

This webinar will delve into the present state of risk factors for cardiovascular disease, focusing on how these factors manifest in rural communities. The discussion will also explore the disparities in mortality rates between rural and urban areas, the challenges healthcare systems face, and the impact of policies in addressing these issues.

Key Objectives/Learning Outcomes: Following this activity, participants will be able to identify cardiovascular risk factors in rural communities, discuss structural and systemic challenges to equitable care, and discuss the impact of policy on rural health.

Webinar Recording

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Webinar Participants

Modele Ogunniyi MD, MPH: Professor of Medicine and Master Physician with the Division of Cardiology at Emory University, Associate Medical Director of Grady's Heart Failure Program
Karen E. Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH: Associate Professor, Washington University School of Medicine; Co-Director, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research (CAHSPER)
Rishi Wadhera, MD, MPP, MPhil: Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Director of the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Credit Information

No credit is being offered for this webinar.