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Published on: April 19, 2019
Malthusian Trajectory for Heart Failure and Novel Translational Ambulatory Technologies
Bidargaddi Niranjan1, Maximilian P de Courten2, Pupalan Iyngkaran3
1Digital Health at College of Medicine and Public Health Flinders University & SAHMRI, Adelaide, Australia.
Insights
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is rising, impacting health budgets. This review explores health technologies to improve CHF management and reduce disease burden.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Health Services Research
- Medical Technology
Background:
- Congestive heart failure (CHF) is projected to reach epidemic levels, posing significant challenges to healthcare systems and budgets.
- Rising demographics and increasing prevalence of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), particularly in elderly women, exacerbate the disease burden and readmission rates.
Conclusions:
- Health technologies present a promising avenue for enhancing CHF management and mitigating its growing impact.
- Integrating technology into care pathways can help address the increasing challenges posed by CHF, especially HFpEF.
Introduction:
It has been estimated that congestive heart failure (CHF) will reach epidemic proportions and contribute to large unsustainable impacts on health budgets for any cardiovascular condition. Against other major trends in cardiovascular outcomes, readmission and disease burden continue to rise as the demographics shift.
Methods:
The rise in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) among elderly women will present new challenges. Gold standard care delivers sustainable and cost-effective health improvements using organised care programs. When coordinated with large hospitals, this can be replicated universally.
Results:
A gradient of outcomes and ambulatory care needs to be shifted from established institutions and shared with clients and community health services, being a sizeable proportion of CHF care.
Conclusion:
In this review, we explore health technologies as an emerging opportunity to address gaps in CHF management.
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