To be eligible, participants must:

• Be 18 years of age or over;
• Currently hold a St Lukes Hospital Product including heart and vascular (Silver & Gold cover), have served all waiting periods and are financial;
• Provide explicit written or verbal informed consent prior to enrolment;
• Be able to actively participate in and benefit from the Program;
• Not be excluded by one or more of the Program Exclusions;
  Be managing cardiovascular disease with a recent acute presentation/event or cardiac procedure in the past 30-days;
• Be assessed by hospital staff as safe for discharge to home and/or community setting (if referred from hospital setting).

To be ineligible for the program, a participant:

• Does not meet the Inclusion Criteria above;
• Will not benefit from participating in the Program;
• Is unable to actively participate in the Services due to barriers including, but not limited to:
  • Participant does not have access to internet connection;
  • Participant has technical challenges with downloading or engaging with the Cardihab digital application;
  • Participant experiences one or more condition/s or social circumstances that impact their; ability to actively participate in the Program;
  • Program not recommended as treatment in member’s individual circumstance;
  • Hemodynamically unstable;
  • Unstable angina- awaiting investigation;
  • Requiring oxygen therapy at rest to maintain O2 saturations;
  • Impaired cognitive status – disorientation, confusion, dementia;
  • Newly diagnosed arrhythmia where medical management is still being optimised or highly symptomatic arrythmias;
  • Participants on dialysis or presenting with acute deterioration of renal function.