Get With the Guidelines Atrial Fibrillation Registry

Get With The Guidelines-Atrial Fibrillation was initiated in 2013 with over 88 U.S. hospitals participating is designed to assist hospital care teams in consistently providing the latest evidence-based treatment for their AFib patients. At the same time, it offers a means of monitoring the quality of AFib care in U.S. hospitals and building a database for continued research and further quality improvement.

Achievement measures tracked through Get With The Guidelines-Atrial Fibrillation:

• ACEI/ARB at discharge for LVSD
• Assessment of thromboembolic risk factors
• Beta Blocker at discharge
• Discharged on FDA-approved anticoagulation therapy
• PT/INR planned follow-up
• Statin at discharge in AF patients with CAD, CVA/TIA or PVD.

Quality measures tracked through Get With The Guidelines-Atrial Fibrillation:

• Aldosterone antagonist at discharge
• Atrial fibrillation patient education
• Anticoagulation therapy education
• CHA2DS2-VASC reported
• Discharge heart rate <110bpm
• Smoking cessation
• Warfarin at discharge for valvular atrial fibrillation

Additional measures collected by Get With The Guidelines-Atrial Fibrillation can be viewed at: http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@private/@wcm/@hcm/@gwtg/documents/downloadable/ucm_451183.pdf

Inclusion criteria

• Patients hospitalized with nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who do not have nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter
• Patients under 18 years of age
• Patients not admitted as inpatients.
• Patients on comfort care only
• Patients discharged to hospice.