Long-term impact of a six-month telemedical care programme on mortality, heart failure readmissions and healthcare costs in patients with chronic heart failure.
Ines FrederixLien VanderlindenAnne-Sophie VerbovenMaria WeltenDonna WoutersGilles De KeulenaerBavo EctorIvan ElegeertPierre TroisfontainesCaroline WeytjensWilfried MullensPaul DendalePublished in: Journal of telemedicine and telecare (2018)
An initial six-month telemonitoring programme was not associated with reduced all-cause mortality in CHF patients at long-term follow-up but resulted in a reduction in the number of days lost due to heart failure readmissions. This study is registered in the ClinicalTrials.gov registry (NCT03171038) (URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03171038 ).
Keyphrases
- heart failure
- healthcare
- study protocol
- computed tomography
- left ventricular
- palliative care
- acute heart failure
- atrial fibrillation
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- clinical trial
- quality improvement
- randomized controlled trial
- ejection fraction
- type diabetes
- pain management
- social media
- coronary artery disease
- magnetic resonance
- pet ct