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房颤的发病率约占英国人口的1.6%。房颤是最严重的中风形式之一的主要原因之一。找到患有房颤的人，并将他们放在正确的药物上，称为NOAC（新的口服抗凝剂），中风的数量显着减少。虽然已经确定了一部分房颤患者，但英格兰公共卫生部门目前的估计是，患有房颤的不明病例数约为50万。现有技术允许筛查心脏性能以非常简单和容易地确定心律失常和心房颤动，筛查大约需要30秒来执行。主要的问题是，使用该设备来寻找患有心房颤动的人需要经过临床训练的人来操作该设备。在全科医生手术中，没有时间、动机或工作人员来进行此类筛查。KASC-P项目建议使用一种新的信息亭技术，允许患者自己进行筛查，并将结果直接发送给全科医生，使他们能够以支持其工作量而不是增加工作量的方式接收确诊的房颤病例。

The prevelance of the disease Atrial Fibrillation runs at about 1.6% of the UK population. Atrial Fibrillation is one of the key causes of one of the most serious forms of Stroke. Find the people with Atrial Fibrillation and place them on the right medication known as a NOAC (New Oral AntiCoagulant) and the amount of Stroke is significantly reduced. Whilst a proportion of sufferers of AF have been identified already current estimates from Public Health England place the number of unidentified cases of people suffering from Atrial Fibrillation around the 500,000 mark. Technology exists that allows the screening of cardiac performance to determine cardiac arrhythmia and Atrial Fibrillation very simply and easily with a screening taking around 30 seconds to perform. The main problem is that the usage of this equipment to find people with Atrial Fibrillation requires a clinically trained person to operate the equipment. In GP surgeries there is not the time, the motivation, or the staff available to perform such screening sessions. The KASC-P project proposes using a new kiosk technology to allow patients to screen themselves and to enable the results to be sent straight to the GP allowing them to receive a confirmed case of AF in a manner that supports their workload rather than increase it.