Manpower and outpatient clinic workload for remote monitoring of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices: Data from the HomeGuide registry

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1216-1223

  Ricci, Renato Pietro ^a   Morichelli, Loredana ^a   D'Onofrio, Antonio ^b   Calò, Leonardo ^c   Vaccari, Diego ^d   Zanotto, Gabriele ^e   Curnis, Antonio ^f   Buja, Gianfranco ^g   Rovai, Nicola ^h   Gargaro, Alessio ^h  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Casilino General Hospital   (Italy)

^d ULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana   (Italy)

^e Mater Salutis Hospital   (Italy)

^f Civil Hospital   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^h BG Italia SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

implantable cardioverter defibrillators; manpower; pacemakers; remote monitoring; resource consumption; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC IMPLANT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PACEMAKER; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SINUS NODE DISEASE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TELEMONITORING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; WORKFLOW; WORKLOAD; AMBULATORY MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; REMOTE SENSING; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; REGISTRIES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84912049980     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12482     Document Type: Article

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