Impact-AF

Please visit http://impact-af.ca/ for study updates, including recent publications in the Journal of the American Heart Association

IMPACT-AF – Integrated Management Program Advancing Community Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a type of irregular and sometimes rapid heartbeat. People who have AF are at an increased risk of having a stroke or heart disease.

Happy Holidays, on behalf of the IMPACT-AF team! We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy 😀

We hope everyone is staying safe and practicing physical distancing.

On behalf of the research team, we are pleased to share a link to the IMPACT-AF results publication. Deepest gratitude is extended to all our participants. Thanks to YOU, a world class clinical trial took place in Nova Scotia. Once Covid-19 restrictions are lifted, study patients will receive an official close out letter.

Besides this publication, additional secondary analysis and publications are under development. Various study presentations have taken place, with others planned for national and international medical meetings such as: American Heart Association (Nov 2018 and 2019), Quality of Care and Outcomes Research (May 2020) and European Society of Cardiology (Aug 2020).

Thanks everyone!

Integrated Management Program Advancing Community Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (IMPACT-AF): A cluster randomized trial of a computerized clinical decision support tool Clinical decision support (CDS) tools designed to digest, filter, organize, and present health data are becoming essential in providing clinical and c…

Happy 2020!
We wish everyone health and happiness, this year and always!

Hi everyone!
The research team is finalizing the IMPACT-AF study outcomes and preparing the primary outcome results for publication. It is taking a little longer than we hoped but we want to make sure we get this right.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002870318301170
We are happy to share the IMPACT-AF methods publication with you!
Stay tuned for final results, expected by December 2018. Thanks to all our study participants!

Optimizing primary care management of atrial fibrillation: The rationale and methods of the Integrated Management Program Advancing Community Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (IMPACT-AF) study The Integrated Management Program Advancing Community Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (IMPACT-AF) is an investigator designed, prospective, randomize…

Happy summer everyone! 😀 Thanks so much to our IMPACT-AF participants for your support. We appreciate you taking the time to complete and return your study documents.

All ­Pharmacies Now Connec­ted to Drug Informati­on System

"All 305 community ph­armacies in the provi­nce are now connected­ to the Drug Informat­ion System, allowing ­pharmacists, doctors ­and other authorized ­health-care providers­ to access informatio­n about a patient's m­edication history."

https://haligonia.ca/?p=170011

Hi everyone. Happy November!!

Please watch for your 12-month follow-up questionnaire, which the Study Office will begin mailing this fall, to participants who joined IMPACT-AF last year.

If you have not yet joined, there is still time to do so! Contact the Study Office to find out how: 1-855-550-0557

We now have 196 primary care providers (family doctors and nurse practitioners) participating in the IMPACT-AF study! Call us to see if your AFib care provider is involved.

Recruitment continues....thanks to the many hundreds of Nova Scotians with A Fib who have contacted the Study Office to learn more about Impact-AF We appreciate your support!

Although it's summer, IMPACT-AF recruitment continues for health care professionals and their patients. Call us at 902-473-6309 or toll free 1-855-550-0557 to learn more.

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