ATRIAL FIBRILLATION WELLNESS PROGRAM LEADS TO DECREASED EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS AND 30 DAY RE-HOSPITALIZATION RATES

Authors :: Katie Calheta
Ramin Davoudi
Arnoldas Giedrimas
Peter F. Cohn
David Teixeira
Lori Mullins
Debra Benevides
Rose Larrivee
Brianne Cabral
Nitesh Sood
Kelly Walker
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73:524
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2019.
Abstract: Emergency room visit and re-Hospitalization within 30 days leads to significant health care burden in patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AFIB). We postulated that an Atrial Fibrillation Wellness Program (AFWP) by initiating risk factor modification along with a specific resource for

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
Re hospitalization
business.industry
Emergency medicine
Health care
medicine
In patient
Atrial fibrillation
macromolecular substances
Risk factor
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
medicine.disease
business

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