Chest Pain Clinics
The proposed CPC would be developed within polyclinics, nursing homes and small hospitals. These facilities would be located in small towns, suburbs of large towns and cities, patients access easy, without the need to travel long distances. The CPCs would be equipped with three critical components of patient care, reflecting current guidelines and published literature.
Clinical Decision Support System – CDSS. Well-defined patient care pathways for ACS would handhold the GP or physician in managing chest pain – diagnosis, risk profiling, instituting emergency medications and appropriate triage. The CDSS would also help the doctor in treating the risk factors like diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia.
AI supported tele-ECG services to make prompt and accurate diagnosis of ACS.
Point-of-Care troponin estimation to diagnose NSTEMI
This will be supported by three critical activities that would ensure the success of this program:
Continuing educational and training programs for the healthcare personnel in management of patients with chest pain. This would include informative webinars, Ask-the-Experts sessions, and on-demand accreditation workshop modules.
Accreditation of the CPC as a ‘Centre of Excellence’ in management of chest pain, thus ensuring its acceptability and popularity in the geography that it is located.
Community outreach and educational programs to promote cardiac health and ACS awareness among the general public and local providers. This would also promote the local CPC and identify this facility as the closest recognised centre for any patient with chest pain to access.