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Delivering healthcare at home to AF patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

Doctor monitoring heart patient

Delivering healthcare at home to AF patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

How? The physician prescribes the use of the medically certified FibriCheck app on smartphone to measure the patient’s heart rhythm and heart rate for 7 days before a scheduled teleconsultation. The FibriCheck data is used by the physician to start/adapt treatment.

For which hospitals? Cardiology practices with outpatient clinics that required an alternative for cancelled/delayed care-paths

For which patients? All patients who are diagnosed with AF or suspicion of AF following referral. (more info: getsmartaboutafib.net)

How does TeleCheck-AF work?

Calendar

Step 1:

The hospital contacts patients with AF who have an appointment at the hospital/AF Clinic.

Heart Rhythm Measurement

Step 2:

The patient receives instructions how and when to use FibriCheck app. The patient performs heart rhythm measurements at home.

Doctor

Step 3:

The physician consults online and in real-time patient measurement reports in a user-friendly dashboard.

Telemonitoring

Step 4:

The physician organises a tele-consultation with the patient and determines the treatment.

Want more info? Check the SOP

How does TeleCheck-AF help our AF patients?

Dominik Linz

“The on-demand prescription of FibriCheck in TeleCheck-AF makes comprehensive remote AF-management possible during COVID-19.”

Dr Dominik Linz,
Cardiologist
Maastricht UMC+
Netherlands
Jeroen M Hendriks

“Within TeleCheck-AF patients have an important and active role in their care process, and the treatment team highly relies on their cooperation and self-management by using the FibriCheck app to record their heart rhythm and heart rate”

Professor Jeroen M Hendriks,
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Flinders University
Adelaide Australia
Royal Adelaide Hospital

Results TeleCheck-AF week 35

Clinical Centers Hospitals

41

clinical centers onboarded

Doctor

229

caregivers involved

Patient

4068

patients enrolled

Heart Rhythm Measurement

68342

heart rate and heart rhythm recordings

TeleCheck-AF map 35

Active hospitals in TeleCheck-AF

The Netherlands
Maastricht University Medical Center
Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem
Radboud University, Nijmegen,
Martini Hospital, Groningen
Tergooi, Hilversum
Belgium
Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp
Jessa Hospital, Hasselt
Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk
UZ Leuven, Leuven
Heilig Hart, Lier
Onze Lieve-Vrouw Ziekenhuis, Aalst
Austria
University Hospital of Graz, Graz, Austria
Germany
Klinik für Kardiologie, Hannover
University Hospital Muenster, Muenster

See full list

Keen to learn more about FibriCheck Plus?

PUBLICATIONS

Explore some of the scientific articles about the TeleCheck-AF project here:

On-demand app-based rate and rhythm monitoring to manage atrial fibrillation through teleconsultations during COVID-19
IJC Heart & Vasculature

I Katedra i Klinika Kardiologii UCK WUM członkiem innowatorskiego projektu TeleCheck-AF
Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny

Remote care using a smartphone to monitor heart rhythm
Maastricht UMC+

TeleCheck-AF for COVID-19
European Heart Journal

Delivering healthcare at distance to cardiac patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences from clinical practice
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

m-Health: Apps to the rescue
European Society of Cardiology

Mobile app tracks patients’ heart rhythm to avoid in-hospital visits
Flinders University Adelaide

Rust voor het hart
Navenant

Accelerated Road to Efficiency – Part 3 : How to Deliver & Expand Healthcare to Patients
Johnson & Johnson Institute

On‐demand mobile health infrastructures to allow comprehensive remote atrial fibrillation and risk factor management through teleconsultation
Clinical Cardiology

TeleCheck-AF for COVID-19: A European mHealth project to facilitate atrial fibrillation management through teleconsultation during COVID19
European Heart Journal

Implementation of an on-demand app-based heart rate and rhythm monitoring infrastructure for the management of atrial fibrillation through teleconsultation: TeleCheck-AF
EP Europace

Coordination of a remote mHealth infrastructure for atrial fibrillation management during COVID-19 and beyond: TeleCheck-AF
International Journal of Care Coordination

Awarded
'Best of E-Cardiology' at EHRA 2021

EHRA 2021 certificate
TeleCheck-AF Logo

Initiated by:

Biosense Webster
Maastricht UMC+
FibriCheck
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