Evaluating Telehealth Home Care for Elderly Veterans With Congestive Heart Failure

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Conditions studied: Heart Failure, Telemedicine

In brief

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is one of the most common reasons for hospitalization in patients aged 65 years and older. Many hospitalizations for CHF are potentially preventable if the warning signs of decompensation are recognized and treated before the situation becomes emergent. Home-based intervention programs have reduced unplanned readmission rates for patients with CHF by up to 50 percent. Using advanced telecommunications technologies it is now possible to provide greatly improved access and availability of services in a more timely and cost effective manner directly to patients� homes. Although telehealth offers a number of theoretical advantages, few empirical studies have compared telehealth to traditional delivery modes, and virtually no studies have compared the effectiveness of alternative telehealth applications.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00057200

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

198

Expected to finish

2005-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients admitted to the Iowa City VA Medical Center for treatment of congestive heart failure exacerbation. Must be cognitively intact and have a telephone line in the home.

Where it is running

• Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA — Iowa City, Iowa, United States

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