Optimal Medical Therapy
Coronary Artery Disease
Optimal medical therapy is much more effective for cardiovascular and related conditions than usual care-the care that most people receive.
Patients with coronary artery disease on OMT reduce mortality by up to 90% and cost $21,900 less than patients in usual care
Patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease have one fourth as many heart attacks, one fifth as many strokes and one sixth as many go on dialysis compared with usual care.
Dr. William Bestermann and Optimal Medical Therapy
Dr. Bestermann is an internist who focused on cardiovascular and related conditions for most of his career. Optimal medical therapy (OMT) produces much better clinical and financial outcomes than usual care. This school exist to train your Chronic Cardiometabolic Clinic Team to Produce OMT consistently.
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- AMA Credit Designation Statement
- 1. Better Heart Care is Less Expensive Care
- 2. Stents Add Nothing to Optimal Medical Treatment
- 3. Optimal Medical Treatment for Heart Artery Disease
- 4. The Most Important Lifestyle Adjustment is Food
- 5. Especially for Women
- 6. Exercise to Lower Cardiac Risk
- 7. The Language of Life, Death, Aging, and Chronic Disease
- 8. Personal Stories About Heart Artery Disease
- 9. Your Primary Care Team Can Manage Stable Heart Artery Disease Without a Cardiology Referral
- 10. Design an Evidence-based Team to Consistently Produce Optimal Medical Therapy in Heart Disease
- 11. A Roadmap for Crossing the Quality Chasm in Cardiovascular Disease
- 12. Every Green Box Medication Reduces Heart Attack Risk
- 13. Heart Artery Disease Summary
- 14. Focus on Molecular Biology of Chronic Diease Rather Than Risk Factor
- 15. Aspirin: Now Even That is Confusing!
- 16. There is a 17-year Gap Between Knowledge and Practice in Coronary Artery Disease
- CME Filing Instructions Optimal Medical Therapy for Coronary Artery Disease