MONTREAL, June 27, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - At a meeting coordinated in Montreal by cardiologist Dr. Thao Huynh of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), physicians and nurses from the 13 centres involved in the FA-CILITER program marked the launch of the INTEGRATE-AF assessment program.
The INTEGRATE-AF project is the impact measurement phase of the FA-CILITER atrial fibrillation care project. Its goal is to demonstrate that the implementation of a structured interdisciplinary care program can improve compliance to clinical guidelines and is beneficial for patients with atrial fibrillation and for our healthcare system.
The FA-CILITER program
The FA-CILITER program is a structured interdisciplinary atrial fibrillation (AF) care program implemented in Quebec. It includes three major sections: development and implementation of treatment algorithms and protocols, establishment of a knowledge transfer network, and patient education and coordination by a liaison nurse.
To date, close to 2,000 patients have taken part in the FA-CILITER program and have learned more about their clinical state. Both patients and healthcare professionals are enthusiastic about the tools that have been developed.
The FA-CILITER & INTEGRATE-AF projects are made possible through a partnership between 13 healthcare centres in Québec and Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. Dr. Thao Huynh, a cardiologist at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), is the project leader and coordinator. She will draw on the clinical experience she acquired in a similar project on myocardial infarction (AMI-Québec).
FACT SHEET
INTEGRATE-AF: Integrated Network To Enhance Guideline Recommendations And Treatment in Everyday AF Management
FA-CILITER: Fibrillation Auriculaire dans une Clinique Intégrée pour LImiTer les événEments thRombo-emboliques.
Participating institutions:
| Dr. Thao Huynh (MUHC) | |||
| # | Institution | City | Coordinators |
| 1 | Montreal General Hospital / Royal Victoria Hospital (McGill University Health Centre) | Montreal | Dr. Thao Huynh, Dr. Vidal Essebag, Dr. Martin Bernier, Dr. Magdi Sami |
| 2 | Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal | Montreal | Dr. Isabelle Greiss, Dr. Jean-Marc Raymond |
| 3 | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke | Sherbrooke | Dr. Felix Ayala-Paredes, Dr. Jean-François Roux |
| 4 | Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec | Quebec | Dr. Gilles O'Hara, Dr. Jean-François Sarrazin, Dr. François Philippon |
| 5 | Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal | Montreal | Dr. Tereza Kuz, Dr. Marcio Sturmer |
| 6 | Hôpital Cité de la Santé de Laval | Laval | Dr Martine Montigny, Dr. Hubert Comtois |
| 7 | Centre Hospitalier Régional de Trois-Rivières | Trois-Rivières | Dr. Miguel Barrero |
| 8 | Centre Hospitalier Beauce-Etchemin | St-Georges de Beauce | Dr. Danielle Dion |
| 9 | CHA-Enfant-Jésus | Québec | Dr. Gaétan Houde |
| 10 | Lakeshore General Hospital (CSSS West Island) | Pointe-Claire | Dr. Mladen Palaic, Dr. Franco Sandrin |
| 11 | CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis (CSSS Alphonse-Desjardins) | Lévis | Dr. Steeve Brulotte |
| 12 | Jewish General Hospital | Montreal | Dr. Vartan Mardigyan |
| 13 | Chicoutimi Hospital | Chicoutimi | Dr. Robert Breton |
SOURCE: Boehringer Ingelheim
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