Does automatic referral combined with a patient discussion improve cardiac rehabilitation utilization rates in patients being treated for cardiac disease?
Implementing automatic referral with patient discussion can substantially increase access to cardiac rehabilitation by 45%.
Automatic referral combined with a patient discussion can achieve among the highest rates of CR referral reported. Wider adoption of such strategies could ensure that 45% more patients being treated for cardiac disease would have access to and realize the benefits of CR.
Sherry L. Grace (Mon,) studied this question.