Every Heartbeat Matters is the global health initiative led by Edwards and the Edwards Foundation, committed to improving access to treatment for structural heart patients facing barriers. Since its launch in 2014, the initiative has reached 4 million underserved patients and aims to impact an additional 2 million by 2030. At its core, Every Heartbeat Matters is driven by the belief that everyone deserves access to life-changing structural heart treatment and the opportunity to thrive.
Edwards partners with MAP International to bring its donated medical innovations to underserved patients around the world. Every Heartbeat Matters surgical and critical care products can be ordered through MAP International’s Online Ordering Portal.
Through the MAP International online ordering portal, Edwards offers EHM partners donated technologies to perform humanitarian treatment for underserved structural heart and critical care patients outside the U.S.
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In partnership with Edwards Lifesciences: Every Heartbeat Matters, MAP also offers patient care packages.
Terms and conditions may apply.
Additional information can be found at Edwards.com and EveryHeartbeatMatters.org.
All individuals who receive Every Heartbeat Matters product donations are required to submit a completed feedback form when they return from their trip.
We recognize that some medical outreach initiatives require a range of medicine and health supplies that is broader than what is offered through the Every Heartbeat Matters program. If you are looking for a wider range of products, visit the Short-Term Missions page administered by MAP International.
Additional information about MAP International can be found at MAP.org
Eligibility:
As part of its Every Heartbeat Matters (EHM) charitable initiative, Edwards Lifesciences donates surgical heart valve and critical care technologies to MAP International to support EHM humanitarian work treating underserved structural heart and critical care patients outside the U.S. (Note: donated products are not available for use in the U.S.)
A licensed physician’s signature and confirmation of physician’s hospital privileges to perform treatment with requested donated technologies are required to receive donated medical products so MAP can validate clinical expertise. This physician must attest and agree to program requirements including the following:
1. Physician is trained to use requested products
2. Read, sign, and adhere to commitments of the program’s MOU
3. Promise to not sell or exchange donated products for money or services
4. All medical treatment provided with donated products will be performed as a charitable act and no entity will seek payment or reimbursement for treatment involving donated product. If you have any questions about this requirement, please reach out to MAP International prior to applying to the program.
5. All received donated product will either be used and registered with Edwards or disposed of in an appropriate manner
6. Read and understand instructions for reporting adverse events or product complaints to Edwards related to donated product
7. Donated products may not be used to treat government officials or their family, hospital employees or their family, requestor’s employees or their family, or non-profit organization’s employees or their family
Products available for humanitarian medical programs outside the U.S. include surgical aortic and mitral replacement heart valves, surgical mitral and tricuspid repair rings, hemodynamic monitoring systems and related critical care sensors.
Available Products:
Edwards donates surgical structural heart and critical care technologies to MAP. There are no quantity request limits for products available periodically. MAP will manage the periodically available product inventory to support as many humanitarian programs as possible.
Eligibility to receive donated products will be determined based on the completed eligibility forms. Continued eligibility will be dependent upon reports received and adherence to the stated guidelines and signed agreements. MAP policy does not allow for transport of medical products to any U.S.- embargoed country, or country’s subject to economic sanctions, e.g. Cuba, Syria, Iran and North Korea, without the requesting physician providing proof of having obtained the required licensing from the appropriate departments of the U.S. government. Additionally, Edwards donated products are not available for humanitarian programs serving China.
MAP will assess a service fee of $250 per shipment, however, Edwards Lifesciences Foundation grants will be used to pay for the costs of shipments from MAP to partners’ U.S. locations. Exceptions can be requested for Edwards Foundation to pay for costs of shipments to locations outside the U.S. Please complete the following documents and submit them to MAP International Customer Service. For your courtesy, we have provided a downloadable version of the Eligibility Packet and Practitioner’s Agreement for you to follow as you submit your response below.
Below you will also find instructions regarding reporting adverse events or product complaints related to Edwards products.
Instructions to report adverse eventsAbout Edwards Lifesciences and Edwards Lifesciences Foundation
Edwards Lifesciences, based in Irvine, Califorina, is the global leader in patientfocused medical innovations for structural heart disease, as well as critical care and surgical monitoring. Driven by a passion to help patients, the company collaborates with the world’s leading clinicians and researchers to address unmet healthcare needs, improve patient outcomes and enhance lives.
In 2004, the company established what is now Edwards Lifesciences Foundation. The foundation focuses on supporting underserved structural heart and critical care patients, as well as strengthening the communities in which Edwards employees live and work. Since its inception, the foundation has gifted more than $100 million to non-profit organizations. Additional information can be found at Edwards.com and EveryHeartbeatMatters.org.