A Platform Designed to Empower Quality Improvement for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
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
- Julie Gouveia-Pisano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1550-4749)
- Eric Dueweke
- John N. Catanzaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5671-1125)
- Charles Medico
- Thomas F. Deering (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-5083)
- Julie K. Simonson
- Francis X. Solano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4995-2830)
- Marcia Jackson
- Erica Byers
- Durgesh Chaudhary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2683-5482)
- Heather Somand
- Karl H. Schuleri
- James C. Coons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7193-3751)
- Anne Marie Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5839-563X)
- Michelle L. Budzyn
- Sandeep Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5815-370X)
- John A. Gillespie
- Ramin Zand
- Tracy Blithe
Institutions
- Heart Rhythm Society (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Pfizer (United States) (US)
- East Carolina University (US)
- Bristol-Myers Squibb (United States) (US)
- UPMC Health System (US)
- Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center (US)
- Piedmont HealthCare (US)
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Medical Quality
- Published
- 2025-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jmq.0000000000000231
- Primary Topic
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Pfizer
- Heart Rhythm Society