Heart Health Coaching

Our approach to heart health coaching

When you have heart disease, we know it can be difficult to stay on top of all aspects of your care. Between treatments and lifestyle changes, there is a lot to manage. 

But, at UCI Health, our heart health coaches are here to guide you through it all. We offer personalized education and support to help improve your heart health. 

Our coaches start by focusing on empowering you to take control of your heart health.

Your coach will help you:

• Understand and implement lifestyle changes to improve your heart health
• Understand all aspects of your condition and treatment
• Manage your care plan, which may include medications, tests or procedures
• Coordinate and communicate with your heart care team
• Identify and access resources and supportive care, such as nutrition counseling, personal training or physical therapy

Types of heart health coaching

Your heart health coach will be your partner in care. We’ll work with your lifestyle and schedule to find the right coaching plan for you. 

At UCI Health, you can choose the type of coaching that works best for you. Some of your options include:

• Meeting with your heart health coach right before or after appointments you have with your UCI Health cardiologist
• Setting up dedicated coaching sessions separate from other appointments
• Seeing your coach if you are hospitalized after a procedure or heart event like a heart attack

You can also choose what method of coaching works best for you. We offer several options, including:

• Individual in-person coaching
• Virtual coaching sessions
• Group coaching classes 

Coaching services are available Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Am I a candidate for a heart health coaching?

We offer heart health coaching to people who have heart disease and want to improve their heart health. 

We specialize in developing coaching plans for people who have complex conditions, such as:

• Diabetes
• Heart attack
• Heart surgery
• Heart failure
• High blood pressure

Why choose UCI Health for heart health coaching?

Preventive cardiology

Being proactive with your heart health is one of the most important ways to prevent heart disease. And the UCI Health preventive cardiology program can provide a prevention plan tailored to your specific needs and risk factors. Through this program, you’ll have access to a cardiologist dedicated to prevention, a dietitian and an exercise physiologist. Whether you have heart disease or risk factors, your prevention team will be by your side to improve your health.

Support groups

In addition to heart health coaching, UCI Health offers cardiology support groups. Through these groups, you’ll meet with other patients who face similar challenges. Together, you can help each other through the ups and downs of heart disease. These support groups are free to anyone who gets heart care at UCI Health. 

Incorporating diabetes prevention

If you have heart disease, you have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. To help you reduce your risk, your UCI Health heart health coach may connect you to our diabetes prevention program. This one-year program helps you set goals and make behavioral and lifestyle changes to help prevent type 2 diabetes.

Highly specialized heart care

Heart disease includes many conditions that affect different parts of your heart in different ways. That’s why it’s important to work with a cardiologist who specializes in your specific condition. At UCI Health, we take a highly specialized approach to heart care. Our team includes experts in general cardiology, preventive cardiology, heart surgery, arrhythmia care, interventional cardiology, cardiac rehab and more.