HRS Released Framework For Afib Center Of Excellence To Improve Outcomes Through Multidisciplinary Care

Medtech Insight sat down with Jared Bunch, chair of AF Center of Excellence Task Force, at HRS 2025 to discuss the newly HRS released framework for Afib Center of Excellence and get his perspective on the role industry could play to help clinicians improve patient outcomes.

(Medtech Insight)

The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) this week released a framework outlining criteria for establishing an Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Center of Excellence (CoE) and key operational standards to provide multidisciplinary care for people with AF, a rapid irregular heartbeat than can lead to stroke or sudden death.

According to the University of California, San Francisco, AF has been on the rise for at least a decade, driven...

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