Regional collaboration to improve atrial fibrillation care: Preliminary data from the Netherlands heart network.
Henricus-Paul CremersCassandra HoornLuc TheunissenPepijn van der VoortPeter PolakSylvie de JongDennis van VeghelLukas DekkerPublished in: Journal of arrhythmia (2019)
Collaboration between cardiologists in a regional setting permits further improvement of AF care. Therefore, such quality targets are not exclusively reserved to large academic or referral hospitals. Although promising, future research should put effort in measuring the effectiveness of the outpatient AF clinics also on the long run.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- healthcare
- quality improvement
- palliative care
- primary care
- oral anticoagulants
- catheter ablation
- heart failure
- left atrial
- randomized controlled trial
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- systematic review
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- current status
- big data
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
- left ventricular
- deep learning
- venous thromboembolism
- data analysis