Silverstein Joshua, Varosy Paul D, Godfrey Brigham, Cooper Christopher, Varley Allyson, Rajendra Anil, Morales Gustavo, Osorio Jose
Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus, OH, USA.
Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
J Innov Card Rhythm Manag. 2022 Oct 15;13(10):5196-5201. doi: 10.19102/icrm.2022.13107. eCollection 2022 Oct.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) represents a significant health care burden in the United States that will continue to increase as the population ages; thus, the introduction of cost-effective strategies to limit this burden is critical. The establishment of dedicated electrophysiology programs focusing on AF care within hospitals can improve patient care while providing added financial benefits for institutions if properly planned and delivered. This paper explains how to develop an efficient and quality-focused AF ablation program as part of a larger AF center of excellence by highlighting the experience of a single center and demonstrating how the same principles were adopted to implement a similar program at another institution.
心房颤动（AF）在美国是一项重大的医疗保健负担，并且随着人口老龄化将持续增加；因此，引入具有成本效益的策略来限制这一负担至关重要。在医院内建立专注于房颤护理的专门电生理项目，可以改善患者护理，同时如果规划和实施得当，还能为机构带来额外的经济收益。本文通过突出一个单一中心的经验，并展示如何在另一机构采用相同原则实施类似项目，解释了如何作为更大的卓越房颤中心的一部分，开发一个高效且注重质量的房颤消融项目。
