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?
Step 1:
The hospital contacts patients with AF who have an appointment at the hospital/AF Clinic.
Step 2:
The patient receives instructions how and when to use FibriCheck app. The patient performs heart rhythm measurements at home.
Step 3:
The physician consults online and in real-time patient measurement reports in a user-friendly dashboard.
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?
“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
“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
41
clinical centers onboarded
229
caregivers involved
4068
patients enrolled
68342
heart rate and heart rhythm recordings
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
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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
Coordination of a remote mHealth infrastructure for atrial fibrillation management during COVID-19 and beyond: TeleCheck-AF
International Journal of Care Coordination