About the Catheter Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Ablation Tool

The Catheter Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Tool is designed to deliver comprehensive insights into the volumes and wait times associated with catheter ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation. Data is organized by fiscal quarter and is available at multiple levels of granularity, including hospital, regional, and provincial levels. The primary objective of the tool is to support system monitoring and measurement activities related to atrial fibrillation ablation across the province.

Intended Audience

Regional Cardiac Programs
Ontario Health Regions
Ministry of Health

Content

Facility Volume Trend and Facility Wait Time Trend: These two tabs provide the following metrics at the provincial / facility level, based on where the patient receives care, and can be stratified into all AF, persistent AF and paroxysmal AF type

Volume of new referrals and new acceptances to the Wait 2 waitlist
Volume of completed procedures
Volume of patients on the Wait 1 and Wait 2 waitlist
Median and 90th percentile Wait 1 and Wait 2 wait times
Percentage of procedures completed within 6 months
Volume of patients waiting over 12 months and associated percentage of waitlist

Facility Wait Time Comparison: This tab provides the following metrics, based on where the patient receives care and enables comparison across facilities and against the provincial performance

Median and 90th percentile Wait 1 and Wait 2 wait times
Percentage of procedures completed within 6 months

Patient Home Region Comparison: This tab provides the following metrics, based on the where the patient resides (home postal code) and enables comparison across regions and against the provincial performance

Referral Rate - volume of new patient referrals for catheter AF ablation per million people age 20+ years
Acceptance Rate - volume of new patient referrals accepted to the waitlist for catheter AF ablation per million people age 20+ years
Intervention Rate - volume of completed catheter AF ablation procedures per million people age 20+ years
Volume of procedures needed to reach target for the quarter

AF Referrals and De Novo Rate: Volume of completed procedures by persistent and paroxysmal referral type with a breakdown of De novo and repeat procedures for all referrals, shown by reporting period and facility

Methodology

Please refer to the Indicator Methodology for technical specifications.

Contacts

Questions about the dashboard can be sent to OH-CORH_Service@ontariohealth.ca

For all other inquiries (i.e., ONE ID, access) please see Support and Contacts