Stony Brook Telehealth Study

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Telemedicine, Patient Readmission

In brief

The study evaluates the feasibility of providing tele-transition of care, using risk stratification, novel data tools, remote patient monitoring and virtual visits. A new communication tool for relaying tele-communication among providers caring for the virtual patient is introduced. The primary endpoint is 30-day readmissions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03528850

Run by

Stony Brook University

People needed

180

Starts

2017-06-01

Expected to finish

2018-05-30

Last updated by the study team

2018-05-18

Who can join

Age: 30 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Family Medicine Patients who are:
• Age 30 years or older
• Able to provide consent for their own care
• English speakers (able to comprehend and speak English)
• Patients with good cognitive function (as evidence by ability to answer a mild cognitive screen (age, telephone, current date, name of facility)
• Living within reasonable commute to the Family Medical Group clinics
• Patients with a life expectancy greater than 6 months
• Patients with a clinical disposition to home after hospital discharge
• Patients that are able to turn on the telehealth technology and follow prompts

You may not qualify if…

• Uninsured patients who are not currently seen by the Family Medicine Practice
• Patients whose physical limitations prohibit the use of the telehealth equipment
• Patients involved in another research study
• Pregnant patients (patients actively trying to conceive)
• Admission for a psychiatric primary diagnosis

Where it is running

• Stony Brook University Hospital — Stony Brook, New York, United States (enrolling)

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