Key result
Home telehealth monitoring in heart failure patients significantly reduced total hospital days per patient compared to a control group (2.4 vs 3.8 days, p<0.001).
Why the study?
Does patient-centred home telehealth monitoring reduce hospitalizations and healthcare utilization in older male patients with heart failure?
Population
1,067 older male patients with heart failure admitted to a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Comparison
Patient-centred home telehealth monitoring for… vs Contemporary control cohort of 870 heart failure…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Home telehealth monitoring was associated with fewer hospital days in heart failure; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Cohort (n=1,067)
No
Does patient-centred home telehealth monitoring reduce hospitalizations and healthcare utilization in older male patients with heart failure?
Absolute Event Rate: 2.4% vs 3.8%
p-value: p=< 0.001
Patient-centred home telehealth monitoring in heart failure patients significantly reduces total hospital days and length of stay without increasing outpatient or urgent care visits.
Srivastava et al. (2018) conducted a cohort in Heart failure (n=1,067). Home telehealth monitoring vs. Contemporary control cohort not enrolled in home telehealth was evaluated on Total hospital days per patient (p=< 0.001). Home telehealth monitoring in heart failure patients significantly reduced total hospital days per patient compared to a control group (2.4 vs 3.8 days, p<0.001).
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