An Evaluation of Home-Based Telemedicine Services

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Diabetes

In brief

Tele-home health care, which providers for video interactions between home-based veterans and home care nurses, is a potentially useful adjunct to home care services. However, few randomized trials have been conducted of this technology.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00105846

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

200

Expected to finish

2004-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients must be enrolled in the home care program at the Indianapolis VAMC and have at least: (a) 6 outpatient visits, one hospitalization, or 2 or more emergency room visits in the last twelve months, (b) a care plan specifying two or more skilled nursing visits per month, (c) an expected need for future home care visits for at least one month.

Where it is running

• VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN — Indianapolis, Nebraska, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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