Mellanie True Hills

Perspectives

A Matter of Trust: How to Build Adherence With Afib Patients

04/30/2013

As healthcare providers, you can get your atrial fibrillation patients to listen and follow recommendations by first understanding why they don’t. Here are some simple strategies that promote better adherence.

As healthcare providers, you can...

04/30/2013

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Perspectives

The Patient Perspective: 5 Ways Healthcare Providers Can Partner With Afib Patients

10/27/2011

Mellanie True Hills ;

Creating a partnership between healthcare providers and patients is the key to finding the best long-term treatment.

Creating a partnership between...

10/27/2011

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Perspectives

Stopping Atrial Fibrillation is Big News!

08/30/2011

Mellanie True Hills ;

In recognition of Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month, author Mellanie True Hills discusses the efforts being made toward the awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation.

In recognition of Atrial...

08/30/2011

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Perspectives

Stuck in the Middle: Afib Patients on Rate Control

12/28/2011

Mellanie True Hills ;

Through StopAfib.org forums and events, I hear from thousands of patients, many of whom have shared their experiences about rate control. Many feel so miserable. Perhaps it’s time to rethink the typical treatment of Afib patients.

Through StopAfib.org forums and...

12/28/2011

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Expert Roundtable Fills in Vital Pieces of Afib Treatment Puzzle: The Afib Optimal Treatment Task Force and the Expert Working Group

08/28/2012

Mellanie True Hills ;

For some healthcare professionals, treating afib can be a little like figuring out a jigsaw puzzle. Pieces here and there provide clues about the overall picture, but seeing the whole picture and being able to assemble a treatment regimen is...

For some healthcare...

08/28/2012

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PATIENT PERSPECTIVE

Patient Perspectives: Living With Atrial Fibrillation

09/18/2008

Mellanie True Hills ;

In recognition of September being Atrial Fibrillation Month, EP Lab Digest spoke with Mellanie True Hills, founder and CEO of the American Foundation for Women’s Health and StopAfib.org.

In recognition of September...

09/18/2008

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How Social Media Helps Educate Afib Patients: Patient Perspectives from the Fifth Annual Western AF Symposium

03/23/2012

Mellanie True Hills ;

Atrial fibrillation can be bewildering for patients, especially when they’re first diagnosed. After all, their own hearts have betrayed them, beating out of rhythm, often leaving them exhausted, frustrated, and searching for answers....

Atrial fibrillation can be...

03/23/2012

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Feature Story

2015 Get in Rhythm Patient Conference: Helping Afib Patients Get in Rhythm and Stay in Rhythm

02/01/2015

Mellanie True Hills ;

Learn more about the Get in Rhythm, Stay in Rhythm Atrial Fibrillation Patient Conference.

Learn more about the Get in...

02/01/2015

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Atrial Fibrillation: The Patient Perspective to Better Care

07/27/2011

Mellanie True Hills ;

We’ve all heard the saying that “communication is a two-way street.” In the doctor-patient relationship, especially when the patient has been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, we should be building multi-lane highways of communication....

We’ve all heard the saying that...

07/27/2011

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Feature Story

Getting in Rhythm – Together

12/19/2013

Mellanie True Hills ;

For many of those who suffer from atrial fibrillation, getting in rhythm and staying in rhythm is an elusive goal. To educate patients on options for reaching that goal, StopAfib.org hosted the first Get in Rhythm, Stay in Rhythm Atrial...

For many of those who suffer...

12/19/2013

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