ArticleThe Canadian journal of cardiology2008
Treating the right patient at the right time: an innovative approach to the management of atrial fibrillation.
Article in The Canadian journal of cardiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02745236 (The Effect of Nurse Practitioner-Led Care on Health Related Quality Of Life in Adult Patients With Atrial Fibrillation - A Randomized Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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The Effect of Nurse Practitioner-Led Care on Health Related Quality Of Life in Adult Patients With Atrial Fibrillation - A Randomized Trial
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Usability and Feasibility Testing of an Atrial Fibrillation Educational Website with Patients Referred to an Atrial Fibrillation Specialty Clinic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Adherence to Antithrombotic Therapy for Patients Attending a Multidisciplinary Thrombosis Service in Canada - A Cross-Sectional Survey.Patient preference and adherence · 2022Article
- Getting to the Heart of the Matter: A Triage Model to Improve Utilization of Cardiology Consultative Services.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2019Article
- Atrial fibrillation care in rural communities: a mixed methods study of physician and patient perspectives.BMC family practice · 2019Article
- A multidisciplinary atrial fibrillation clinic.Current cardiology reviews · 2013Article
- Practice spotlight: pharmacists in a multidisciplinary atrial fibrillation clinic.The Canadian journal of hospital pharmacy · 2011Article
- Academic Alternate Relationship Plans for internal medicine: a lever for health care transformation.Open medicine : a peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal · 2011Article
- An international survey of physician and patient understanding, perception, and attitudes to atrial fibrillation and its contribution to cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2010Article
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Abstract
The Canadian Cardiovascular Society Access to Care Working Group recently published a series of commentaries on access to cardiovascular care in Canada. These commentaries included proposed minimally acceptable wait times for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) to be assessed by a cardiologist or an electrophysiologist. To improve access to medical care for the patient with AF, a nurse clinician-based AF clinic was established in the Calgary Health Region (Alberta) in 2005. More than 330 patients had been referred at the time of writing. The time from referral to initial nurse assessment was 38+/-31 days, to physician review and establishment of a management plan was 66+/-49 days and to in-person specialist physician assessment was 80+/-55 days. These wait times are markedly shorter than historical wait times to see an arrhythmia specialist in the Calgary Region. As experience increased, wait times continued to shorten significantly. Preliminary data suggest that early assessment and patient education may reduce emergency department visits and hospitalizations for AF. This experience suggests that a nurse clinician-based AF clinic may provide earlier access to medical care and may improve health outcomes in the long term.
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