"Staying at Home": A pivotal trial of telemedicine-based internal medicine hospitalization at a nursing home.

G BarkaiH AmirO DulbergE ItelmanG GezT CarmonL MerhavS ZiglerA AtamneO PinhasovE ZimlichmanSegal Gad

Published in: Digital health (2022)

Remote, telemedicine-based hospitalization of nursing home-dwelling elderlies is safe and feasible, potentially reducing the length of in-hospital stay by almost 50%. Larger studies in this realm are warranted.

Keyphrases

study protocol
phase iii
clinical trial
phase ii
case control
acute care
emergency department
electronic health record
placebo controlled