Telehealth Self Management for CHF

Withdrawn before enrolling · Phase 1/Phase 2

Conditions studied: Heart Failure

In brief

People with heart failure (HF) are hospitalized over a million times a year in the US at a cost over $39 billion dollars. About half of the patients are readmitted within 30 days. Despite a number of institutional reforms, cost and readmissions remain high in the VA. The VA Home Telehealth (HT) monitoring program decreases preventable readmissions, but HF readmissions remain increased in the VA. Despite an active and effective HT program, the Charleston VAMC has the highest HF readmission rate in VISN 7. Though the HT program introduces communication, self-management, and shared decision-making in initial training, previous QUERI RRP evaluation identified lower than expected levels of specific communication practices associated with the promotion of HF self-management and shared decision-making, mediated by the requirements of the technology.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01812512

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

0

Starts

2014-11-01

Expected to finish

2015-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-02

Who can join

Age: 55 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• diagnosis of chronic heart failure (CHF)
• enrollment in VA Home Telehealth (HT) program for at least 6 months
• Veteran who did not participate in the previous HT study

You may not qualify if…

• Veteran who is unable to communicate by telephone
• Veteran who does not pass the Clock Drawing Test for screening neurological problems at the initial visit

Where it is running

• Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center — Charleston, South Carolina, United States
• Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia, SC — Columbia, South Carolina, United States

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