Regional collaboration to improve atrial fibrillation care: Preliminary data from the Netherlands heart network

Abstract Background Guideline non‐adherence and variations in therapeutic and diagnostic trajectories result in suboptimal atrial fibrillation (AF) treatments. Large academic and referral hospitals demonstrated positive effects of dedicated outpatient AF clinics. Although similar results have not been indicated in (small) non‐academic hospitals yet, ample opportunities are present when collaboration is initiated on a regional level. Therefore, this study assesses the effectiveness of outpatient AF clinics in a collaborative region in the Netherlands. Methods For this study baseline and 6 month... Mehr ...