The implementation of a remote cardiac rehabilitation service to educate people about heart disease is currently under way in northern Alberta. Twenty per cent of patients in the catchment area live in remote areas outside the regional centre and are faced with the usual difficulties of attending urban health-care programmes. The availability of the remote cardiac rehabilitation service enables patients to receive the same rehabilitation benefits as their urban counterparts.
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