Why the study?
Does a nurse-delivered automatic bedside referral process improve referral and intake rates for cardiac rehabilitation in eligible patients following a cardiac event?
Population
Eligible patients following a cardiac event or intervention at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Comparison
Nurse-delivered automatic bedside referral… vs Historical referral processes.
Design
Cohort
Key result
A nurse-delivered automatic bedside referral process increased the proportion of patients receiving cardiac rehabilitation referrals from 26.7% to 79.0% and participation to 32.6%.
Authors
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May increase cardiac rehabilitation participation post-event; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Observational
No
Does a nurse-delivered automatic bedside referral process improve referral and intake rates for cardiac rehabilitation in eligible patients following a cardiac event?
Absolute Event Rate: 79% vs 26.7%
Implementing a nurse-delivered automatic bedside referral process significantly increases both referral and participation rates for cardiac rehabilitation.
Leger-Caldwell et al. (2013) conducted an observational in Cardiac event or intervention. Nurse-delivered automatic bedside referral process vs. Standard referral process (historical control) was evaluated on Cardiac rehabilitation referral rate. A nurse-delivered automatic bedside referral process increased the proportion of patients receiving cardiac rehabilitation referrals from 26.7% to 79.0% and participation to 32.6%.
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