A Platform Designed to Empower Quality Improvement for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: There are significant gaps in care for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and is a need to focus on improving guideline-concordant care. Recognizing challenges encountered in pursuing sustainable quality improvement (QI) in AF care, the Heart Rhythm Society spearheaded a multifaceted collaboration grounded in the principles of Improvement Science to develop a robust platform aimed specifically at demystifying QI for clinicians and health care systems interested in closing care gaps for patients with AF. Solution development included an innovative discovery process, a design phase, piloting, and refinement, and finished with transformation into a comprehensive digital platform. End-users were engaged throughout the 4-phase process to help ensure the final platform would meet the needs of clinicians and health care systems. The result was the launch of www.CardiQ.org featuring the Atrial Fibrillation QI Framework and an extensive, curated Resource Library that has been accessed by more than 10 000 users spanning over 100 countries.
Authors: Thomas F. Deering, Anne Marie Smith, John A. Gillespie, Julie Simonson, Julie Gouveia-Pisano, Marcia Jackson, Tracy Blithe, Heather Somand, Charles J. Medico, Karl H. Schuleri, Michelle L. Budzyn, Ramin Zand, Durgesh Chaudhary, Sandeep K. Jain, James C. Coons, Erica M. Byers, Eric Dueweke, Francis Solano, John N. Catanzaro
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4409520831