Adherence to Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
CorHealth Ontario: Quality Indicators for Virtual Cardiovascular Rehabilitation during COVID-19 and Beyond
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Access

Defining Attributes

Definition

Diagnosis of a myocardial infarction (MI).

Numerator

The total number of scheduled centre-based exercise sessions attended during cardiac rehabilitation (CR) among enrolled patients. Enrolment is defined as patient attendance at a first CR program visit.

Denominator

The total number of exercise sessions offered or prescribed to enrolled patients for a given scheduled centre-based CR program, to the point where a patient is discharged from the program.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Program databases and/or Canadian Cardiac Rehabilitation Registry.

Frequency of Data Collection
At least annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

CorHealth Ontario. Quality Indicators for Virtual Cardiovascular Rehabilitation during COVID-19 and Beyond. Accessed May 2023. Available from: www.corhealthontario.ca/Quality-Indicators-for-Virtual-Cardiovascular-Rehabilitation-during-COVID-19-and-Beyond-(May-22-2020).pdf. Grace SL, Poirier P, Norris CM, Oakes GH, Somanader DS, Suskin N. Pan-Canadian development of cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention quality indicators. Can J Cardiol. 2014;30(8):945-8.

Link to Measurement Tools

Canadian Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Registry (Cardiologica)

Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025