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Effect of post-discharge virtual wards on improving outcomes in heart failure and non-heart failure populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Kelsey UminskiPaul KomendaReid WhitlockThomas FergusonStewart NadurakLaura HochheimNavdeep TangriClaudio Rigatto
Published in: PloS one (2018)
A post-discharge VW can provide added benefits to usual community based care to reduce all-cause mortality and heart failure-related hospital admissions among patients with heart failure. Further research is needed to evaluate the utility of VWs in other chronic disease settings.
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