TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiac Rehabilitation During the COVID-19 Era
T2 - Guidance on Implementing Virtual Care
AU - Moulson, Nathaniel
AU - Bewick, David
AU - Selway, Tracy
AU - Harris, Jennifer
AU - Suskin, Neville
AU - Oh, Paul
AU - Coutinho, Thais
AU - Singh, Gurmeet
AU - Chow, Chi Ming
AU - Clarke, Brian
AU - Cowan, Simone
AU - Fordyce, Christopher B.
AU - Fournier, Anne
AU - Gin, Kenneth
AU - Gupta, Anil
AU - Hardiman, Sean
AU - Jackson, Simon
AU - Lamarche, Yoan
AU - Lau, Benny
AU - Légaré, Jean François
AU - Leong-Poi, Howard
AU - Mansour, Samer
AU - Marelli, Ariane
AU - Quraishi, Ata ur Rehman
AU - Roifman, Idan
AU - Ruel, Marc
AU - Sapp, John
AU - Small, Gary
AU - Turgeon, Ricky
AU - Wood, David A.
AU - Zieroth, Shelley
AU - Virani, Sean
AU - Krahn, Andrew D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Canadian Cardiovascular Society
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Cardiac rehabilitation programs across Canada have suspended in-person services as a result of large-scale physical distancing recommendations designed to flatten the COVID-19 pandemic curve. Virtual cardiac rehabilitation (VCR) offers an alternate mechanism of care delivery, capable of providing similar patient outcomes and safety profiles compared with centre-based programs. To minimize care gaps, all centres should consider developing and implementing a VCR program. The process of this rapid implementation, however, can be daunting. Centres should initially focus on the collation, utilization, and repurposing of existing resources, equipment, and technology. Once established, programs should then focus on ensuring that quality indicators are met and care processes are protocolized. This should be followed by the development of sustainable VCR solutions to account for care gaps that existed before COVID-19, and to improve cardiac rehabilitation delivery, moving forward. This article reviews the potential challenges and obstacles of this process and aims to provide pragmatic guidance to aid clinicians and administrators during this challenging time.
AB - Cardiac rehabilitation programs across Canada have suspended in-person services as a result of large-scale physical distancing recommendations designed to flatten the COVID-19 pandemic curve. Virtual cardiac rehabilitation (VCR) offers an alternate mechanism of care delivery, capable of providing similar patient outcomes and safety profiles compared with centre-based programs. To minimize care gaps, all centres should consider developing and implementing a VCR program. The process of this rapid implementation, however, can be daunting. Centres should initially focus on the collation, utilization, and repurposing of existing resources, equipment, and technology. Once established, programs should then focus on ensuring that quality indicators are met and care processes are protocolized. This should be followed by the development of sustainable VCR solutions to account for care gaps that existed before COVID-19, and to improve cardiac rehabilitation delivery, moving forward. This article reviews the potential challenges and obstacles of this process and aims to provide pragmatic guidance to aid clinicians and administrators during this challenging time.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.06.006
DO - 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.06.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 32553606
AN - SCOPUS:85089197845
SN - 0828-282X
VL - 36
SP - 1317
EP - 1321
JO - Canadian Journal of Cardiology
JF - Canadian Journal of Cardiology
IS - 8
ER -