A Technology Assisted Care Transition Intervention for Veterans With CHF or COPD
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: CHF, COPD
In brief
Transition from hospital to home places patients in jeopardy of adverse events and increases their risk for rehospitalization. CHF is the most prevalent chronic condition among U.S. adults and COPD is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Both CHF and COPD represent significant burdens for the VHA healthcare system. Care transitions can be supported through multi-component interventions, but are costly to implement. Virtual nurses provide an effective medium for explaining health concepts to patients, and previous work indicates patients find virtual nurses acceptable. The investigators will implement and evaluate a virtual nurse intervention to provide automated, tailored, and timely support to Veterans transitioning from hospital to home. As effective care transition interventions incorporate both inpatient and outpatient components, the virtual nurse will first engage with patient onscreen during their inpatient stay and then via text message post-discharge. This project has the potential to improve the care transition experience for patients, caregivers and healthcare providers.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02632552
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 140
- Starts
- 2018-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2021-08-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2023-07-27
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Veterans
- Diagnosis of chronic heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Admission to a general medical service
- Able and willing to engage with touchscreen technology
- Have a text-enabled cellular phone to receive the post-discharge text messages
You may not qualify if…
- Not Veterans
- Not diagnosed of chronic heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Not admitted to a general medical service
- Not capable of using touchscreen technology
- Do not have a text-enabled cellular phone
Where it is running
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA — Palo Alto, California, United States
- Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL — Hines, Illinois, United States
- Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- VA Bedford HealthCare System, Bedford, MA — Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
- VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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