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A Novel Digital Platform for a Monitored Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Published on: April 19, 2019
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The Danish Cardiac Rehabilitation Database
Ann-Dorthe Zwisler1, Henriette Knold Rossau1, Anne Nakano2
1Danish Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Odense University Hospital and University of Southern Denmark, Odense.
Clinical Epidemiology
|November 9, 2016
Summary
The Danish Cardiac Rehabilitation Database (DHRD) enhances cardiac rehabilitation (CR) for coronary heart disease (CHD) patients. It systematically monitors CR quality nationwide to improve patient outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Public Health
- Health Informatics
Background:
- Coronary heart disease (CHD) necessitates effective cardiac rehabilitation (CR).
- The Danish Cardiac Rehabilitation Database (DHRD) was established to improve CR quality for CHD patients.
- Mandatory reporting ensures comprehensive national data collection.
Approach:
- Utilizes an online system for patient-level data registration at CR entry and 6-month follow-up.
- Links patient data with central national health registers.
- Collects program-level data every three years to assess CR services.
Key Points:
- The DHRD captures data on CR referral, adherence, lifestyle factors, patient-reported outcomes, risk factor control, and medication.
- Approximately 14,000 CHD patients are hospitalized annually across 35 Danish hospitals.
- By 2015, 75% of eligible patients received outpatient CR services.
Conclusions:
- The DHRD is a national online quality improvement database for CR in patients with CHD.
- Mandatory patient and program-level data registration facilitates systematic quality monitoring.
- The DHRD aims to enhance CR quality across Denmark, ultimately benefiting patient health outcomes.
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