Deployment of Point-of-Care Echocardiography to Improve Cardiac Diagnostic Access Among American Indians.
Sarah R de LoizagaLeCario BenashleyJacob HoekzemaNahreen AhmedCraig AlexanderAnn BolgerPatrick D EversGarick D HillDoreen NakagaayiJ T NashioMaria do Carmo Pereira NunesCraig A SableLuz Marina TacuriKristen DanforthAndrea Zawacki BeatonRyan M ClosePublished in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2024)
The American Indian Structural Heart Disease Partnership model exhibited several promising strategies to improve access to screening echocardiography for American Indian populations. However, competing priorities for Indian Health Service providers' time limited the amount of integration of screening echocardiography into outpatient practice. Future endeavors should explore community-based solutions to develop a more sustainable model with greater impact on case detection, disease management, and improved outcomes.