On World Heart Day this year, the RESIL-Card project is once again supporting the global initiative that has spent the last twenty five years raising awareness of, inspiring action on, and celebrating heart health on all continents.
With this year’s theme being ‘Don’t miss a beat — make every heartbeat count with better health and improved access to lifesaving care’, the RESIL-Card consortium is reaffirming its commitment to reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease in Europe by strengthening cardiovascular (CV) care systems with the help of its resilience assessment tool, thereby ensuring that no patient’s heartbeat is missed, especially during times of crisis.
The RESIL-Card project aims to build on the lessons learned from the critical vulnerabilities in CV care delivery highlighted by the pandemic’s impact on patients and societies. Specifically, RESIL-Card will help CV professionals improve the preparedness of European CV care pathways and foster more resilient, patient-centred systems in anticipation of potential future disruptions. A mission that is fully in line with the European Commission’s agenda and priorities focusing on building a better prepared, more resilient and healthier Europe.
The project is progressing as planned, with the consortium approaching the end of the resilience tool’s pilot testing phase, the results of which are expected to inform adjustments to the instrument before it is rolled out across Europe in 2026.
Prof William Wijns, one of the project’s principal investigators, emphasises that “just as all CV stakeholders come together for World Heart Day, health professionals, scientific societies, patient organisations, and policymakers involved in caring for CV patients should join forces next year to promote the widespread adoption of the resilience assessment tool. Shaping the future of resilient CV care in Europe and ensuring that no heartbeat is ever missed is indeed a collective responsibility that requires a multistakeholder approach”.
To learn more about RESIL-Card, follow the project’s progress on the dedicated website or on social media using #Wecareabouthearts.
