Changes in healthcare utilisation during implementation of remote atrial fibrillation management: TeleCheck-AF project.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To evaluate changes in healthcare utilisation and comprehensive packages of care activities and procedures (referred in the Netherlands to as 'diagnose-behandelcombinatie (DBC) care products) during the implementation of the TeleCheck-AF approach (teleconsultation supported by app-based heart rate/rhythm monitoring) in a Dutch atrial fibrillation (AF) clinic.

Methods and results

In the Maastricht University Medical Centre+ AF Clinic, data on healthcare utilisation and DBC care products for patients consulted by both a conventional approach in 2019 and the TeleCheck-AF approach in 2020 were analysed. A patient experience survey was performed. Thirty-seven patients (median age 68 years; 40% women) were analysed. With the conventional approach, 35 face-to-face consultations

SUBMITTER: Gawalko M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10884376 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature