TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementation of an on-demand app-based heart rate and rhythm monitoring infrastructure for the management of atrial fibrillation through teleconsultation
T2 - TeleCheck-AF
AU - Pluymaekers, Nikki A.H.A.
AU - Hermans, Astrid N.L.
AU - van der Velden, Rachel M.J.
AU - Gawałko, Monika
AU - den Uijl, Dennis W.
AU - Buskes, Saskia
AU - Vernooy, Kevin
AU - Crijns, Harry J.G.M.
AU - Hendriks, Jeroen M.
AU - Linz, Dominik
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - During the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, outpatient visits in the atrial fibrillation (AF) clinic of the Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+) were transferred into teleconsultations. The aim was to develop anon-demand app-based heart rate and rhythm monitoring infrastructure to allow appropriatmanagement of AF through teleconsultation. In line with the fundamental aspects of integrated care, including actively involving patients in the care process and providing comprehensive care by a multidisciplinary team, we implemented a mobile health (mHealth) intervention to support teleconsultations with AF patients: TeleCheck-AF. The TeleCheck-AF approach guarantees the continuity of comprehensive AF management and supports integrated care through teleconsultation during COVID-19. It incorporates three important components: (i) a structured teleconsultation ('Tele'), (ii) a CE-marked app-based on-demand heart rate and rhythm monitoring infrastructure ('Check'), and (iii) comprehensive AF management ('AF'). In this article, we describe the components and implementation of the TeleCheck-AF approach in an integrated and specialized AF-clinic through teleconsultation. The TeleCheck-AF approach is currently implemented in numerous European centres during COVID-19.
AB - During the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, outpatient visits in the atrial fibrillation (AF) clinic of the Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+) were transferred into teleconsultations. The aim was to develop anon-demand app-based heart rate and rhythm monitoring infrastructure to allow appropriatmanagement of AF through teleconsultation. In line with the fundamental aspects of integrated care, including actively involving patients in the care process and providing comprehensive care by a multidisciplinary team, we implemented a mobile health (mHealth) intervention to support teleconsultations with AF patients: TeleCheck-AF. The TeleCheck-AF approach guarantees the continuity of comprehensive AF management and supports integrated care through teleconsultation during COVID-19. It incorporates three important components: (i) a structured teleconsultation ('Tele'), (ii) a CE-marked app-based on-demand heart rate and rhythm monitoring infrastructure ('Check'), and (iii) comprehensive AF management ('AF'). In this article, we describe the components and implementation of the TeleCheck-AF approach in an integrated and specialized AF-clinic through teleconsultation. The TeleCheck-AF approach is currently implemented in numerous European centres during COVID-19.
KW - Atrial fibrillation
KW - Integrated care
KW - mHealth
KW - Mobile app
KW - Teleconsultation
KW - Telehealth
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85102911459&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/europace/euaa201
DO - 10.1093/europace/euaa201
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32887994
AN - SCOPUS:85102911459
SN - 1099-5129
VL - 23
SP - 345
EP - 352
JO - EUROPACE
JF - EUROPACE
IS - 3
ER -