Clinic Time Required for Remote and In-Person Management of Patients With Cardiac Devices: Time and Motion Workflow Evaluation

March 15, 2023

Background: The number of patients with cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) is increasing, creating a substantial workload for device clinics. Objective: This study aims to characterize the workflow and quantify clinic staff time requirements for managing patients with CIEDs. Read the Full Article on JMIR Cardio

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Optimizing Alert Protocols For The Remote Monitoring Of Cardiac Electronic Implantable Devices

March 12, 2023

Background: CIED remote monitoring has rapidly evolved with automated transmission of arrhythmias and device metrics, creating overwhelming amounts of data for clinicians. Many nominal alerts are non-actionable alerts (NAA), which contributes to clinician alert fatigue. We used evidence based and guideline driven alert programming for subclinical atrial fibrillation (AF) in CIEDs, and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia […]

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Strategic Protocol Of Remote Reprogramming Of Insertable Cardiac Monitors For Reduction Of Event Alerts

March 10, 2023

Background: Insertable Cardiac Monitors (ICM) produce burdensome and usually clinically nonactionable alerts if not programmed properly. Tailored programming of ICM alert parameters is essential to reduce the number of nonactionable alerts. Our objective was to apply a dynamic Remote Reprogramming (RR) alert protocol to reduce nonactionable alerts and optimize the time required for ICM remote […]

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Time and Motion Study

February 10, 2023

Dr. James Allred and specialized device nurse Laura Van Heel discuss her findings and conclusions from the time and motion study conducted in the “CIED Clinic Optimization: Data to Support Staffing for Clinical and Economic Value” journal article.

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