Resources
These resources bring together methodologies, resources and support for commissioners and clinicians.
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Screening secondary care patients for atrial fibrillation: The SOS-AF service
This service is called Screening and Optimising Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation – SOS-AF. All people admitted to medical read more
NICE – Patient Decision Aid
Atrial fibrillation: medicines to help reduce your risk of a stroke – what are the options? This information is intended to help ... read more
AF Flow Chart
Anticoagulation for AF-Related Stroke Prevention Guidance read more
Primary Care Clinical Pathway for AF Detection and Management
Primary care clinical pathway for Atrial Fibrillation detection and management. read more
Using AF patient activation personas to inform the self-management approach
Higher levels of patient activation for self-managing health are associated with positive clinical and health care utilisation ... read more
An interview with Dr Andrea Jorgensen
An interview on how we can personalise medicine to optimise the treatment of AF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL4n5VMOldU&t=32s read more
Stroke Association
Stroke Association support people to rebuild their lives after stroke. Providing specialist support, fund critical research and ... read more
European Heart Rhythm Association Link
afibmatters.org – your all-in-one resource for everything to do with atrial fibrillation. read more
CoaguChek – Because it’s my life Link
Anticoagulation Point of Care at Roche Diagnostics is committed to providing support in the NHS domains of the operating framework, and read more
West Yorkshire AC Clinic Provision – Baseline Review
The purpose of the baseline exercise is to identify opportunities for service improvement that could be delivered through collaborative read more
Excellence in anticoagulant guide
Excellence in anticoagulant care is a guide for commissioners and service providers, to help deliver a high quality anticoagulation service. read more
Newham CCG Anticoagulation Guide Link
Newham CCG, Initiating Anticoagulation: A Guide for Primary Care. This worksheet details the steps you have to complete in order to ... read more
National Patient Safety Alert Link
Learning from patient safety incidents. Why recording patient safety incidents is important for learning and how to report these ... read more
London Stroke Clinical Network Checklist Link
The London Stroke Clinical Network has produced a checklist for excellence in anticoagulation which can be used to benchmark your service. read more
Service Specification for Primary Care Anticoagulation Locally Commissioned Service 2015-16
The primary care anticoagulation service in Camden is a local commissioned service (LCS) supported by clinical governance provided by ... read more
Information on Patient Self Testing Link
Patient self-testing and self-management of oral anti-coagulants with vitamin K antagonists. Availability of fully automated point of ... read more
Promoting adherence during anticoagulation therapy Link
Here is a road map of the different points that adherence support can be provided during a patient’s journey following initiation of ... read more
Pan-London patient information leaflet Link
This document aims to outline the process for delivering self-monitoring of International Normalisation Ratio (INR) in clinical ... read more
AFA Healthcare Pioneers Report – Showcasing Best Practice In AF 2018
The AF Association – Healthcare Pioneers Report 2018 includes 38 articles describing ways of finding patients with undiagnosed AF ... read more
AFA Healthcare Pioneers – Showcasing Best Practice In AF 2017
The case studies in this report are excellent examples of innovative, efficient and effective AF services. Commissioners across the NHS read more
AFA EU Healthcare Pioneers – Defining Best Practice In AF 2016
The 2016 EU Healthcare Pioneers Report captures the best practice principles and case studies to show ways to improve detection ... read more
AFA Healthcare Pioneers Report – Showcasing Best Practice In AF 2015
This report, which has been developed by the AF Association and endorsed by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Atrial Fibrillation ... read more
AFA Healthcare Pioneers Report – Showcasing Best Practice In AF 2019
The AF Association – Healthcare Pioneers Report 2019 includes 15 case studies describing best practice to establish or grow existing ... read more
Improving Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Outcomes: A Resource for Primary Care
The resources includes: Local data tools for exploring your current position with the ambitions for hypertension, atrial fibrillation ... read more
Oxfordshire Anticoagulation Optimisation
We undertook a project to demonstrate that an outreach education and support service by specialist anticoagulation pharmacists, with ... read more
Innovation Agency Case Study – Precision medicine with Genotype guided dosing
Personalising medicine has the potential to completely transform the way we deliver health care. In Cheshire and Merseyside, gene ... read more
Self-monitoring of INR in Warfarin management of patients with Atrial Fibrillation
The aim of this evaluation was to determine the effectiveness, acceptability and practicalities of the introduction of a read more
Innovation Agency Case Study – Warfarin Patients Self-Monitoring
Patients in East Lancashire are using technology and an app to monitor their atrial fibrillation (AF) at home. Around 200 people are ... read more
Innovation Agency Case Study – AF and Stroke Prevention for the North West Coast
Ongoing work to identify atrial fibrillation (AF) has led to more than 500 potential stokes being avoided, saving around £11.2m in NHS ... read more