Heart failure algorithms for remote monitoring in people with cardiac implantable electronic devices

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"TriageHF Plus has been a long but incredibly rewarding journey from inception to delivery. The main driver of success has been a retention of a core project team including clinical academics, HF healthcare professionals, Medtronic representatives and statisticians, all of whom shared a common goal to bring research into practice. Presenting our finding to NICE and seeing our research contribute to changes in national guidance has made it all worthwhile, and crucially given us the backing we need to justify sustainable funding for the pathway, ensuring equitable access to this service for patients across the region."

Dr Joanne K Taylor, Academic Clinical Lecturer, University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

"HF alerts allow us to monitor and manage patients in between their scheduled clinic appointments and if a deterioration in health data is detected we can provide swift assessment and prompt effective treatment using proven treatments in HF. This approach of using health data and alerts from specialised pacemakers and defibrillators has already been shown to significantly reduce emergency admissions to hospital by more than 50% and, as previously described by the British Heart Foundation, has been a 'game changer' for people with heart failure."

Dr Fozia Ahmed, Consultant Cardiologists Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and lead investigator on the TriageHF Plus study.

"The NICE guidance will support better access for patients to receive evidence-based, cost-effective, alert-based monitoring. This should result in better outcomes for patients, delivering care closer to home while driving efficiencies and savings for the NHS."

Alison Scott, Senior Heart Failure Market Development Manager, Medtronic Inc.

"We feel Triage HF has served as a useful remote monitoring tool that has assisted us in managing specialist care for our heart failure patients. Its proactive and preventative approach has enabled us to provide early assessment and intervention, thus preventing hospital admissions."

Hayley Armitage, Claire Ashworth, Christina Muldoon and Jane Fitchet. Heart Failure Specialist Nurse team at Manchester Royal Infirmary.

Contact details

Joanne Taylor

Academic Clinical Lecturer

Email: [email protected]

ISBN: 978-1-4731-7022-3