2010
Telemonitoring in Patients with Heart Failure
Chaudhry SI, Mattera JA, Curtis JP, Spertus JA, Herrin J, Lin Z, Phillips CO, Hodshon BV, Cooper LS, Krumholz HM. Telemonitoring in Patients with Heart Failure. New England Journal Of Medicine 2010, 363: 2301-2309. PMID: 21080835, PMCID: PMC3237394, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1010029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary end pointUsual care groupSecondary end pointsHeart failureEnd pointHeart failure outcomesNumber of hospitalizationsTelephone-based interactive voice response systemUsual careAdverse eventsPatient's clinicianMedian ageCare groupLarge trialsInteractive voice response systemPatientsSmall studyVoice response systemNumber of daysHospitalizationReadmissionTelemonitoringSignificant differencesCliniciansDeath
2002
Randomized trial of an education and support intervention to preventreadmission of patients with heart failure
Krumholz HM, Amatruda J, Smith GL, Mattera JA, Roumanis SA, Radford MJ, Crombie P, Vaccarino V. Randomized trial of an education and support intervention to preventreadmission of patients with heart failure. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2002, 39: 83-89. PMID: 11755291, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01699-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureSupport interventionsIntervention groupControl groupHospital readmission costsOne-year readmissionRate of readmissionAdverse clinical outcomesCost of careDisease management programsReadmission costsClinical outcomesHospital costsReadmissionLower riskPatientsOne-yearDemographic characteristicsInterventionTrialsGroupFormal educationTotal numberMedical componentsFailure