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    <title>HeartRisa Blog</title>
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    <description>Long-form guides on cardio-oncology, survivorship care, regional strategy, the Annual Summit, and the multi-stakeholder collaborative model.</description>
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      <title>How Sponsors Partner Effectively With HeartRisa (Beyond the Logo)</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>editorial@heartrisa.com (HeartRisa Editorial)</author>
      <category>Collaborative Model</category>
      <category>sponsorship</category>
      <category>partnership</category>
      <category>industry</category>
      <category>operations</category>
      <description>The best HeartRisa sponsors treat the collaborative as an operating partner, not a marketing channel. Here is the pattern that consistently works.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The best HeartRisa sponsors treat the collaborative as an operating partner, not a marketing channel. Here is the pattern that consistently works.

Key Takeaways:
- Sponsors who commit to one initiative deeply outperform sponsors who spread thin across many.
- Working-session participation matters more than exhibit presence.
- Compliance and independence are protected by design — sponsors do not shape scientific content.
- Multi-year commitments unlock the strategic partner tier and priority access to co-designed pilots.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The Cardio-Oncology Survivorship Care Plan: A Template Worth Using</title>
      <link>https://heartrisa.com/heartrisa/blog/survivorship-care-plan-template-guide</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>editorial@heartrisa.com (HeartRisa Editorial)</author>
      <category>Survivorship</category>
      <category>care plan</category>
      <category>template</category>
      <category>survivorship</category>
      <category>clinician tools</category>
      <description>Most survivorship care plans mention the heart in a paragraph. A cardio-oncology-grade plan makes it a whole section. Here is what should be in it — and why.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Most survivorship care plans mention the heart in a paragraph. A cardio-oncology-grade plan makes it a whole section. Here is what should be in it — and why.

Key Takeaways:
- A useful cardio-oncology care plan names the specific cardiotoxic exposures, cumulative doses, and expected surveillance schedule.
- It assigns each cardiovascular checkpoint to a specific clinician role — not to 'the care team.'
- It gives the survivor plain-language triggers for seeking care.
- It is a living document — updated whenever regimen, risk factors, or symptoms change.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>How the HeartRisa Innovation Marketplace Works</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>editorial@heartrisa.com (HeartRisa Editorial)</author>
      <category>Innovation</category>
      <category>marketplace</category>
      <category>innovation</category>
      <category>vendors</category>
      <category>vetting</category>
      <description>The Innovation Marketplace is where survivors and clinicians access vetted technologies and services — and where innovators reach the collaborative&apos;s implementation network.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Innovation Marketplace is where survivors and clinicians access vetted technologies and services — and where innovators reach the collaborative's implementation network.

Key Takeaways:
- The Marketplace is a curated set of technologies and services that have passed HeartRisa's clinical, equity, and durability review.
- Listing is not endorsement — it is a signal that a solution has met a defined bar and is in active member use.
- Innovators apply through /heartrisa/innovation-submissions; review is quarterly.
- Survivors and clinicians benefit from a pre-vetted shortlist instead of open-ended vendor evaluation.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The 2027 HeartRisa Annual Summit: Themes, Tracks, and Who Should Attend</title>
      <link>https://heartrisa.com/heartrisa/blog/annual-summit-what-to-expect-2027</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>editorial@heartrisa.com (HeartRisa Editorial)</author>
      <category>Annual Summit</category>
      <category>summit</category>
      <category>2027</category>
      <category>programming</category>
      <category>tracks</category>
      <description>A first look at the 2027 HeartRisa Annual Summit — the year&apos;s themes, working tracks, and how survivors, clinicians, researchers, and sponsors can plan their participation.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A first look at the 2027 HeartRisa Annual Summit — the year's themes, working tracks, and how survivors, clinicians, researchers, and sponsors can plan their participation.

Key Takeaways:
- The 2027 Summit organizes around three themes: preventive cardio-oncology at scale, technology access equity, and workforce development.
- Each theme runs a mix of plenary science, Council working sessions, and Innovation Marketplace demos.
- Early-bird survivor registration opens first — survivor voice sets the agenda.
- Sponsors should register interest early to secure working-session participation, not just exhibit presence.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Regional Strategy: Urban Safety-Net Hospitals and Cardio-Oncology Equity</title>
      <link>https://heartrisa.com/heartrisa/blog/regional-strategy-urban-safety-net-hospitals</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>editorial@heartrisa.com (HeartRisa Editorial)</author>
      <category>Regional Strategy</category>
      <category>urban</category>
      <category>safety-net</category>
      <category>equity</category>
      <category>regional</category>
      <description>Urban safety-net hospitals treat some of the highest-risk cancer survivors in the country. HeartRisa&apos;s strategy meets them with practical, funded partnerships — not just guidelines.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Urban safety-net hospitals treat some of the highest-risk cancer survivors in the country. HeartRisa's strategy meets them with practical, funded partnerships — not just guidelines.

Key Takeaways:
- Safety-net hospitals often carry the sickest cardio-oncology populations with the fewest specialty resources.
- The barrier is rarely knowledge — it is protected time, staffing, and workflow support.
- HeartRisa's model funds embedded cardio-oncology fellows and shared-care nurses inside safety-net systems.
- Payer partnerships are essential to make the model financially durable past a pilot.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Regional Strategy: Advancing Cardio-Oncology in the Southeast United States</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>editorial@heartrisa.com (HeartRisa Editorial)</author>
      <category>Regional Strategy</category>
      <category>southeast</category>
      <category>regional</category>
      <category>health equity</category>
      <category>community engagement</category>
      <description>The Southeast has among the highest US rates of both cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality. Here is HeartRisa&apos;s regional strategy for closing that survivorship gap.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Southeast has among the highest US rates of both cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality. Here is HeartRisa's regional strategy for closing that survivorship gap.

Key Takeaways:
- The Southeast — the 'stroke belt' — carries a disproportionate share of both cardiovascular and cancer mortality.
- Cardio-oncology access is concentrated in a handful of academic centers, leaving vast rural and community gaps.
- HeartRisa's regional strategy pairs telecardio-oncology with community-health-worker programs to reach patients where they are.
- State-level partnerships with community oncology practices and FQHCs are the fastest route to scale.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Digital Twins in Cardio-Oncology: Promise, Pitfalls, and What Survivors Should Expect</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>editorial@heartrisa.com (HeartRisa Editorial)</author>
      <category>Innovation</category>
      <category>digital twin</category>
      <category>AI</category>
      <category>risk prediction</category>
      <category>personalized medicine</category>
      <description>Patient-specific digital twin models are moving from research to pilot deployments. Here is how they might reshape cardio-oncology risk prediction — and where the hype exceeds the evidence.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Patient-specific digital twin models are moving from research to pilot deployments. Here is how they might reshape cardio-oncology risk prediction — and where the hype exceeds the evidence.

Key Takeaways:
- A digital twin is a computational model of an individual patient's physiology, updated with their real data.
- Early cardio-oncology use cases include simulating anthracycline dose response and personalizing surveillance intervals.
- Regulatory and validation frameworks are still catching up — most current 'digital twins' are marketing wrappers around modest risk calculators.
- The near-term win is better shared decision-making, not autonomous decision-making.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Immunotherapy-Related Myocarditis: A Growing Survivorship Concern</title>
      <link>https://heartrisa.com/heartrisa/blog/immunotherapy-myocarditis-survivorship</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>editorial@heartrisa.com (HeartRisa Editorial)</author>
      <category>Cardio-Oncology</category>
      <category>immunotherapy</category>
      <category>checkpoint inhibitors</category>
      <category>myocarditis</category>
      <category>rare adverse events</category>
      <description>Immune checkpoint inhibitors have transformed oncology — and introduced a rare but serious cardiac complication. Survivors and their care teams should know the warning signs.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Immune checkpoint inhibitors have transformed oncology — and introduced a rare but serious cardiac complication. Survivors and their care teams should know the warning signs.

Key Takeaways:
- ICI-associated myocarditis is uncommon (<1%) but carries high mortality when missed.
- Onset is often within the first 90 days of therapy, but late presentations happen.
- Troponin elevation with any suggestive symptom in an ICI-treated patient should prompt urgent cardio-oncology evaluation.
- Survivorship-phase clinicians must know a patient's immunotherapy history — it changes the differential for years afterward.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Preventing Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity: What the Evidence Says in 2026</title>
      <link>https://heartrisa.com/heartrisa/blog/anthracycline-cardiotoxicity-prevention</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>editorial@heartrisa.com (HeartRisa Editorial)</author>
      <category>Cardio-Oncology</category>
      <category>anthracyclines</category>
      <category>cardiotoxicity</category>
      <category>prevention</category>
      <category>evidence</category>
      <description>Anthracyclines are still workhorses of chemotherapy — and still the classic cardiotoxic offender. Here is what current evidence supports for prevention.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Anthracyclines are still workhorses of chemotherapy — and still the classic cardiotoxic offender. Here is what current evidence supports for prevention.

Key Takeaways:
- Baseline cardiovascular risk assessment before anthracycline exposure remains the single highest-yield intervention.
- Dexrazoxane has the strongest cardioprotective evidence in high-cumulative-dose settings, especially pediatric populations.
- Neurohormonal blockade (ACE inhibitors, ARBs, beta-blockers) shows benefit in higher-risk cohorts but is not universally indicated.
- Global longitudinal strain on echocardiography detects subclinical dysfunction earlier than ejection fraction alone.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Wearables in Cardio-Oncology: What Actually Helps Survivors</title>
      <link>https://heartrisa.com/heartrisa/blog/wearables-in-cardio-oncology-survivorship</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>editorial@heartrisa.com (HeartRisa Editorial)</author>
      <category>Innovation</category>
      <category>wearables</category>
      <category>digital health</category>
      <category>monitoring</category>
      <category>survivorship</category>
      <description>Smart watches, patches, and continuous monitors are everywhere — but only a handful of use cases have real evidence behind them for cancer survivors. Here is the honest map.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Smart watches, patches, and continuous monitors are everywhere — but only a handful of use cases have real evidence behind them for cancer survivors. Here is the honest map.

Key Takeaways:
- The strongest wearable evidence in cardio-oncology is around arrhythmia detection, activity tracking during treatment, and blood-pressure monitoring at home.
- Continuous ECG patches outperform consumer smartwatches for clinical arrhythmia work-ups but cost more and require a prescription workflow.
- Passive step and heart-rate data is most useful when tied to a specific care decision — not collected for its own sake.
- The biggest failure mode is data without a clinician to act on it. Build the workflow first, then buy the device.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Preparing for the HeartRisa Annual Summit: A Playbook for First-Time Attendees</title>
      <link>https://heartrisa.com/heartrisa/blog/preparing-for-the-heartrisa-annual-summit</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>editorial@heartrisa.com (HeartRisa Editorial)</author>
      <category>Annual Summit</category>
      <category>summit</category>
      <category>attendees</category>
      <category>playbook</category>
      <description>The HeartRisa Annual Summit brings the full survivorship ecosystem into one room. Here is how first-time attendees — survivors, clinicians, sponsors — can get the most from it.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The HeartRisa Annual Summit brings the full survivorship ecosystem into one room. Here is how first-time attendees — survivors, clinicians, sponsors — can get the most from it.

Key Takeaways:
- The Annual Summit is where a year of ecosystem work is shared and the next year's is scoped.
- Attendees benefit most by picking one Council, one Initiative, and one Marketplace demo to go deep on — instead of grazing everything.
- Sponsors should treat the Summit as a working session, not a booth event.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>How Multi-Stakeholder Councils Accelerate Survivorship Research</title>
      <link>https://heartrisa.com/heartrisa/blog/how-multi-stakeholder-councils-accelerate-survivorship-research</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>editorial@heartrisa.com (HeartRisa Editorial)</author>
      <category>Collaborative Model</category>
      <category>councils</category>
      <category>research</category>
      <category>governance</category>
      <description>Multi-stakeholder councils — survivors, clinicians, researchers, industry, community — shorten the distance between research question and real-world impact. Here is why the structure works.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Multi-stakeholder councils — survivors, clinicians, researchers, industry, community — shorten the distance between research question and real-world impact. Here is why the structure works.

Key Takeaways:
- Councils are formal governance bodies that give each stakeholder group a permanent seat, not an occasional focus group.
- They change what questions get asked, which endpoints matter, and how findings get implemented.
- Well-run councils shorten the classic 17-year research-to-practice gap by embedding implementation partners from the start.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Inside the HeartRisa Ecosystem: The Nine Members That Power the Collaborative</title>
      <link>https://heartrisa.com/heartrisa/blog/inside-the-heartrisa-ecosystem</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>editorial@heartrisa.com (HeartRisa Editorial)</author>
      <category>Collaborative Model</category>
      <category>ecosystem</category>
      <category>governance</category>
      <category>COIM</category>
      <description>The HeartRisa Collaborative is built on a nine-member ecosystem, each with a distinct role — from clinical innovation to workforce development to technology infrastructure. Here is how the pieces fit.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The HeartRisa Collaborative is built on a nine-member ecosystem, each with a distinct role — from clinical innovation to workforce development to technology infrastructure. Here is how the pieces fit.

Key Takeaways:
- HeartRisa is powered by a nine-member Core Ecosystem, each with a distinct operating role.
- The ecosystem separates governance, clinical work, technology, workforce development, and community engagement so that no single function bottlenecks another.
- Every member keeps its own identity — the ecosystem is a coordination model, not a merger.
- COIM Inc. sits at the center as the administering entity that keeps the collaborative accountable.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Cardio-Oncology 101: Why Heart Health Matters After Cancer</title>
      <link>https://heartrisa.com/heartrisa/blog/cardio-oncology-101-heart-health-after-cancer</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>editorial@heartrisa.com (HeartRisa Editorial)</author>
      <category>Cardio-Oncology</category>
      <category>primer</category>
      <category>survivorship</category>
      <category>prevention</category>
      <description>Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in cancer survivors. Cardio-oncology is the specialty built to change that. Here is what survivors and clinicians should know.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in cancer survivors. Cardio-oncology is the specialty built to change that. Here is what survivors and clinicians should know.

Key Takeaways:
- Cardio-oncology is the medical specialty focused on preventing and treating cardiovascular disease in people with a current or past cancer diagnosis.
- Many common cancer therapies — anthracyclines, HER2-targeted agents, radiation, some immunotherapies, some tyrosine kinase inhibitors — carry cardiovascular risk that can appear years later.
- The strongest evidence supports early baseline assessment, on-treatment monitoring, and survivorship-phase follow-up rather than reactive care after symptoms appear.
- Preventive cardio-oncology — lifestyle, blood pressure, lipids, glucose, and shared decision-making — is where survivors regain the most control.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>What Is a Survivorship Innovation Collaborative? A Plain-English Guide</title>
      <link>https://heartrisa.com/heartrisa/blog/what-is-a-survivorship-innovation-collaborative</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>editorial@heartrisa.com (HeartRisa Editorial)</author>
      <category>Collaborative Model</category>
      <category>collaborative</category>
      <category>governance</category>
      <category>survivorship</category>
      <category>COIM</category>
      <description>A survivorship innovation collaborative connects survivors, clinicians, researchers, and industry to accelerate cardio-oncology outcomes. Here is how the HeartRisa model works.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A survivorship innovation collaborative connects survivors, clinicians, researchers, and industry to accelerate cardio-oncology outcomes. Here is how the HeartRisa model works.

Key Takeaways:
- A survivorship innovation collaborative is a multi-stakeholder network that co-designs solutions with survivors, not just for them.
- HeartRisa is administered by COIM Inc. and organizes work across Councils, Divisions, an Academy, National Initiatives, and an Annual Summit.
- It exists because siloed research, industry pilots, and clinical practice consistently fail to translate into everyday survivor outcomes.
- Members keep their independence — the collaborative is opt-in per initiative, not a governance take-over.]]></content:encoded>
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