APL-AF helps GPs and pharmacists to review their patients with atrial fibrillation and ensure they are on the safest, most effective medication.
We introduced APL-AF in 2016. Since then, the tool has supported great successes in increasing the use of anticoagulant medications in people with atrial fibrillation, preventing heart attacks and strokes.
A GP or pharmacist runs a search in their clinical system and imports the results into APL-AF. The tool will then list all registered patients with atrial fibrillation. With a couple of clicks the clinician can filter the list into cohorts, to:
APL-AF is only available to GP practice teams in the North East London NHS region. If you have not yet downloaded this tool, or need support using it, please contact your local CEG facilitator.
2 May 2024
APL-AF was developed as part of REAL-Health Cardiovascular, a major research programme funded by Barts Charity.