Why the study?
Does a home telemonitoring service reduce clinical events (re-hospitalization, cardiac death, emergency room access) in patients discharged from a Heart Failure Unit compared to usual care?
Population
133 patients with chronic heart failure discharged from a Heart Failure Unit, clustered into low, moderate…
Comparison
Home telemonitoring service management program vs Usual community care
Design
RCT, prospectively randomized
Follow-up
10±6 months
Authors
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Supports telemonitoring adoption after HF discharge to cut events; extends RCT evidence for remote monitoring in chronic heart failure.
Does a home telemonitoring service reduce clinical events (re-hospitalization, cardiac death, emergency room access) in patients discharged from a Heart Failure Unit compared to usual care?
A home telemonitoring service significantly reduces health care demands, including re-hospitalizations and emergency room access, in patients recently discharged for chronic heart failure.
Capomolla et al. (2004) studied this question.