Virtual Visits in Heart Failure Care Transitions

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Conditions studied: Heart Failure

In brief

This study evaluates the use of virtual visits in the post-discharge care of patients with heart failure. Participants admitted to the hospital with a primary diagnosis of heart failure will be randomized at discharge to either a virtual visit or outpatient visit for their 7-day post discharge follow up visit.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03675828

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

116

Starts

2018-08-07

Expected to finish

2019-08-28

Last updated by the study team

2019-09-25

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Hospitalized for primary diagnosis of HF;
• Anticipated to be discharged home;
• Agreeable to longitudinal post-discharge care at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus in the first few weeks after hospital discharge;
• Patient or an individual in their social support network has the ability (equipment and connectivity) to do a virtual visit after hospital discharge;

You may not qualify if…

• Being transferred to another hospital, or being discharged to an inpatient facility or nursing home;
• Being discharged to hospice;
• Subject currently enrolled in an interventional research study that requires an in-person clinical visit within 7 days post-discharge.

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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