The Healthy Rural Hearts trial's telehealth medical nutrition therapy intervention yielded a return on investment of $1.31 for each dollar invested, alongside improvements in rural healthcare capacity.
Does telehealth medical nutrition therapy provide a positive return on investment and improve cardiovascular risk profiles in rural Australian populations?
Telehealth medical nutrition therapy in rural communities delivers a positive economic return on investment alongside improvements in patient cardiovascular risk scores and health literacy.
The HealthyRHearts trial delivered significant impact in knowledge gain, while building healthcare and research capacity and capability in rural communities. Patient and community benefits were also delivered, with a potentially small but positive return on investment, suggesting that investment in rural clinical trials has broad-ranging benefits beyond research outcomes alone.
Budden et al. (Fri,) conducted a other in Cardiovascular disease risk (n=132). Telehealth medical nutrition therapy (MNT) vs. Usual care was evaluated on Return on investment (95% CI 0.69-1.89). The Healthy Rural Hearts trial's telehealth medical nutrition therapy intervention yielded a return on investment of $1.31 for each dollar invested, alongside improvements in rural healthcare capacity.