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ESC e-Cardiology Working Group Position Paper: Overcoming challenges in digital health implementation in cardiovascular medicine.

  • Frederix I 1 Department of Cardiology, Jessa Hospital, Belgium.
  • Caiani EG 5 Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
  • Dendale P 1 Department of Cardiology, Jessa Hospital, Belgium.
  • Anker S 7 Division of Cardiology and Metabolism, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), partner site Berlin, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
  • Bax J 8 Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), The Netherlands.
  • Böhm A 9 Department of Acute Cardiology, The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Slovakia.
  • Cowie M 11 National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK.
  • Crawford J 12 International Advisory Group, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), UK.
  • de Groot N 13 Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, The Netherlands.
  • Dilaveris P 14 Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Greece.
  • Hansen T 15 Department of Cardiology, Zealand University Hospital, Denmark.
  • Koehler F 16 Centre for Cardiovascular Telemedicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Germany.
  • Krstačić G 17 Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek, Croatia.
  • Lambrinou E 18 Department of Nursing, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus.
  • Lancellotti P 19 University of Liège Hospital, GIGA CardioVascular Sciences, Belgium.
  • Meier P 21 Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Geneva HUG, Switzerland.
  • Neubeck L 22 School of Health and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University, UK.
  • Parati G 23 IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.
  • Piotrowicz E 24 Telecardiology Center, Institute of Cardiology, Poland.
  • Tubaro M 25 ICCU - Cardiology Division, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Italy.
  • van der Velde E 8 Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), The Netherlands.
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  • 2019-03-29
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  • European journal of preventive cardiology. - 2019
Digital health
cardiovascular disease
challenges
digital cardiology
position statement
Cardiovascular Diseases
Consensus
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
Humans
Quality Improvement
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Stakeholder Participation
Telemedicine
English Cardiovascular disease is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite the availability of highly effective treatments, the contemporary burden of disease remains huge. Digital health interventions hold promise to improve further the quality and experience of cardiovascular care. This position paper provides a brief overview of currently existing digital health applications in different cardiovascular disease settings. It provides the reader with the most relevant challenges for their large-scale deployment in Europe. The potential role of different stakeholders and related challenges are identified, and the key points suggestions on how to proceed are given. This position paper was developed by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) e-Cardiology working group, in close collaboration with the ESC Digital Health Committee, the European Association of Preventive Cardiology, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Heart Failure Association, the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association, the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions, the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions and the Council on Hypertension. It relates to the ESC's action plan and mission to play a pro-active role in all aspects of the e-health agenda in support of cardiovascular health in Europe and aims to be used as guiding document for cardiologists and other relevant stakeholders in the field of digital health.
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