‘Know the rhythm’, on the website dedicated to atrial fibrillation

On the occasion of the ‘World Heart Rhythm Week’, celebrated every year thanks to the commitment of the Arrhythmia Alliance, Johnson & Johnson Medical Spa, the Italian leader in medical devices, launches the website of the Biosense Webster division to the public ‘Get to know the Ritmo ‘(https://www.getsmartaboutafib.net/it-IT/popolazione-generale). Objective: “Promote a completely digital awareness campaign and testify to the company’s commitment to increasingly focus on the needs of patients throughout the diagnosis and treatment process, also thanks to the aid of digital technologies”, reads a note. ‘Know the Rhythm’ – continues Johnson & Johnson Medical Spa – wants to create awareness on atrial fibrillation, a chronic disease that still affects 11 million Europeans and over 600,000 Italians, particularly the elderly, as it is closely related to the aging of the person and therefore of the heart. However, patients themselves are often unaware that they suffer from it. The site therefore provides useful and easily accessible information on the pathology, from the diagnosis and therefore the ways to recognize the most common symptoms, to the possible preparation for the first visit with your doctor, as well as the general presentation of the different treatment options. “We conceived the site on the basis of evidence shared and consolidated by the scientific community and thanks to the experience and innovative drive of the Biosense Webster division of Johnson & Johnson Medical Spa we were able to make it a fundamental aid in the care path that affected patients from atrial fibrillation, from self-diagnosis to information on treatment options “, explains Francesca Carlini, Biosense Webster Leader for the group in Italy.” Especially in this moment of restart, we strongly believe in collaboration with healthcare professionals and with patients themselves in rethinking the entire process and traditional places of care trying to conceive digital solutions capable of providing assistance and support to patients even virtually. Digital Health – he concludes – offers us the opportunity to make the resources of the health system more efficient to aim for treatment of many more patients; the patient is thus constantly followed, albeit remotely, being able to enjoy a better quality of life “.