The Lead Episode 172: A Discussion of Integrated Care Management and Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Using a mHeath-based approach in older multimorbid patients with atrial fibrillation: the AFFIRMO Cluster-Randomized Trial

1. Describe the design, patient population, integrated care intervention, and clinical outcomes of the AFFIRMO cluster randomized trial.

2. Evaluate factors that may have contributed to the trial's neutral primary outcome, including characteristics of the study population, baseline management of atrial fibrillation, and patient engagement with the mHealth intervention.

3. Assess the opportunities and challenges associated with using mHealth tools to support integrated atrial fibrillation and comorbidity management in older adults.

Podcast Contributors

Host: Melissa E. Middeldorp, MPH, PhD, FHRS

Guests: David J. Slotwiner, MD, FHRS and Alessandra Pina, MBBS, MD

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Host and Contributor Disclosure(s):

M. Middeldorp

• Nothing to disclose

D. Slotwiner

• Nothing to disclose
  
  

A. Pina

• Nothing to disclose

Staff Disclosure(s) (note: HRS staff are NOT in control of educational content. Disclosures are provided solely for full transparency to the learner):

S. Sailor: No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
M. Baldwin: No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.