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Augmenting Atrial Fibrillation Care After an Emergency Department Visit: Implementing Telephone Practice.
Journal of Nursing Care Quality 2019 October
BACKGROUND: Between 2010 and 2012, the Heart Rhythm team in a tertiary care hospital completed a retrospective study that found that atrial fibrillation (AF) care can be episodic and heavily reliant on hospital resources, particularly the emergency department (ED).
PROBLEM: Patients who attend the ED with AF are at high risk of hospital admission.
APPROACH: A nurse practitioner (NP) was added to the Heart Rhythm team to create a program to improve AF care after an ED visit. Telephone practice was one of the many processes created.
OUTCOMES: Findings revealed that 37 of 90 patients presented to the ED with AF prior to telephone contact and 7 of 90 patients did so post-telephone contact (P < .001).
CONCLUSION: Telephone practice led by an NP provides an opportunity to improve assessment and management of patient with AF and offers a promising cost-effective method to reduce ED visits in the AF patient population.
PROBLEM: Patients who attend the ED with AF are at high risk of hospital admission.
APPROACH: A nurse practitioner (NP) was added to the Heart Rhythm team to create a program to improve AF care after an ED visit. Telephone practice was one of the many processes created.
OUTCOMES: Findings revealed that 37 of 90 patients presented to the ED with AF prior to telephone contact and 7 of 90 patients did so post-telephone contact (P < .001).
CONCLUSION: Telephone practice led by an NP provides an opportunity to improve assessment and management of patient with AF and offers a promising cost-effective method to reduce ED visits in the AF patient population.
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