Why the study?
To assess the effect of a real-world, ongoing telehealth service on secondary healthcare use in patients with chronic diseases.
Does telehealth reduce emergency admissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure, or diabetes?
Does telehealth reduce emergency admissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure, or diabetes?
A telehealth intervention delivered in community care significantly reduced emergency admissions among patients with chronic conditions including heart failure, COPD, and diabetes.
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Telehealth may lower emergency admissions in COPD, HF and diabetes patients; leaves open whether RCTs confirm benefits at scale.
Berkel et al. (2019) studied this question.
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