The Heart Foundation’s new MyHeart MyLife 12-week patient support program is now live and available for all adults living with coronary heart disease in Australia.
Launched in August 2024 at Parliament House in Canberra by the Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Ged Kearney MP, the program is designed to support the nearly 600,000 Australians living with coronary heart disease, helping them to manage a complex, chronic condition while also navigating the daily challenges of life.
The Heart Foundation collected extensive end user feedback and listened to the needs of people living with heart disease, their carers and healthcare professionals working across hospital and primary care settings to design the program.
The free, evidence-based digital program aims to improve the physical and emotional health and wellbeing of people living with coronary heart disease and to complement the clinical care that you provide to your patients. Patients need information and support to assist with both their physical and mental recovery. More importantly, they need this advice and guidance in a format and at a time and pace that suits them. For many people, this may be some time after hospital discharge. Knowledge about mental health and wellbeing, including how to access specialist services if required, is of particular importance, with the risk of depression and anxiety following a heart disease diagnosis being high.
Key features of the 12-week program include:
More information for healthcare providers
Published on: September 27, 2024
Last updated on: October 8, 2024