Cardiac Rehabilitation: Unraveling the Complexity of Referral and Current Models of Delivery

Conclusions: Despite the context of strong evidence for efficacy, this review highlights systematic flaws in the implementation of CR, an important intervention that has been shown to improve patient outcomes and prevent cardiac events. Recommendations from this review include standardization of program delivery, improvement of data capture, use of technological innovations and social networks to facilitate delivery of information and support, and establishment of a cohesive, consistent message through interorganizational collaboration involved in CR. Clinical Implications: These avenues provide direction for potential solutions to improve the uptake of CR and secondary prevention.
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: DEPARTMENTS: Clinical Report Source Type: research