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Cardiac rehabilitation is an effective but underutilized intervention, with current service provision suffering from suboptimal referral, enrolment, and inflexible programs.
Cardiac rehabilitation is a highly effective but underutilized intervention, requiring systemic changes and novel technologies to improve patient access and uptake.
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May warrant clinician focus on referral pathways; leaves open optimal strategies to boost enrolment and flexibility.
Cardiac rehabilitation is increasingly recognised as an integral component of comprehensive cardiac care. The evidence supporting its effectiveness in reducing morbidity and mortality and improving quality of life is compelling. Yet, despite this recognition and exhortations that its implementation should be a key priority, most cardiac patients do not receive rehabilitation. Service provision varies markedly and many programmes are focused on select populations, often operate in an inflexible manner and fail to add potential value. Issues of suboptimal referral, enrolment and completion are poorly addressed and the potential for embracing novel methods and the latest technology are rarely exploited. This paper reviews the current status of cardiac rehabilitation and proposes ways to improve access and uptake and reduce inequity to ensure that those who are likely to benefit from this complex intervention do so.
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Thompson et al. (2009) conducted a review in Cardiac disease. Cardiac rehabilitation was evaluated. Cardiac rehabilitation is an effective but underutilized intervention, with current service provision suffering from suboptimal referral, enrolment, and inflexible programs.
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