Intrahospital organizational model of remote monitoring data sharing, for a global management of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices: a document of the Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing
Gabriele Zanotto, Donato Melissano, S. Baccillieri, Andrea Campana, Fabrizio Caravati, Massimiliano Maines, Francesco Platania, Lorenzo Maria Zuccaro, Maurizio Landolina, Massimo Zoni Berisso, Giuseppe Boriani, Renato Pietro Ricci
Abstract
: In recent years, the increasing number of patients with a cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) has required different approaches in terms of the device's control and surveillance. It is increasingly difficult to keep the traditional in-office protocol device's control: we must think of a different organization dedicated to the activity of remote control and monitoring (RC/RM) of devices and patients.A CIED team structured with nurses, technicians and physicians should be organized inside the hospital, with the aim of CIED patients' managing and of creating a network between the various departments.Small hospitals may not be able to manage independently the CIEDs RC/RM and it is possible to hypothesize the creation of a collaborative network between neighbouring structures.This activity must combine the use of technology with the ability to take care of patients and to maintain adequate and meaningful relationships.