Home Telemonitoring in Patients at High Risk for Readmission
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Inpatients
In brief
This study will evaluate the efficacy of home telemonitoring as an intervention to decrease hospital readmissions in patients at high risk for readmission. The overall readmission rate for high-risk MCF hospital patients is approximately 20%. Currently a system is in place to identify and score all MCF patients for their risk of readmission. This score is based on multiple variables including but not limited to: co-morbid conditions, patient's health literacy, whether they are a Medicare/Medicaid patient, their in-home social support, and whether they have had prior hospital admissions within the previous year. The literature shows that home telemonitoring of patients has had mixed results for effectiveness at preventing hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Many of these reports have restricted studies to patients with specific diseases or general characteristics; some have shown improved results while others have not. No study has examined patients who are high risk for readmission to determine if home telemonitoring for 30 days post-discharge reduces the risk for 30-day readmission.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02136186
- Run by
- Mayo Clinic
- People needed
- 1380
- Starts
- 2014-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2020-07-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-11-10
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- readmission risk score of 11 or higher 2) may be from any service in the hospital 3) patient discharged home or 4) patient discharged to skilled nursing/rehabilitation
You may not qualify if…
- international
- under age 18
- discharged to hospice
- discharged to a sub-acute care hospital
- transferred to an acute care hospital or
- if the patient has a planned readmission within the next 30 days
Where it is running
- Mayo Clinic — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
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