Bringing Care Close to Home: Remote Management of Heart Failure In Partnership with Indigenous Communities In Northern Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is a regional, community-based Indigenous health authority in Northern Ontario, Canada. From September 2022 to March 2023, the WAHA and University Health Network engaged in a partnership that designed a collaborative model of care to address inequities in cardiology specialist access in Northern Ontario. This model implemented a digital therapeutic for heart failure, (the Medly program) and in-person cardiology clinics in the region.

Methods

A WAHA-based Medly program clinical coordinator worked closely with the University Health Network team to deliver care and support patient self-management of HF. The use and effectiveness of the Medly program were tracked through app usage and rules-based algorithm alerts, based on

SUBMITTER: Petrie S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11681357 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature