2017
Impact of Telemonitoring on Health Status
Jayaram NM, Khariton Y, Krumholz HM, Chaudhry SI, Mattera J, Tang F, Herrin J, Hodshon B, Spertus JA. Impact of Telemonitoring on Health Status. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2017, 10: e004148. PMID: 29237746, PMCID: PMC5776725, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.117.004148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireUsual careHealth statusHeart failureKCCQ overall summary scoreRecent heart failure hospitalizationDisease-specific health statusKCCQ overall summaryHeart failure hospitalizationWeeks of dischargeRandomized clinical trialsOverall summary scoreKCCQ scoresNoninvasive TelemonitoringFailure hospitalizationBaseline characteristicsSecondary outcomesTreatment armsClinical trialsSummary scoresPatientsSubscale scoresCareHospitalizationScores
2015
Do Non-Clinical Factors Improve Prediction of Readmission Risk? Results From the Tele-HF Study
Krumholz HM, Chaudhry SI, Spertus JA, Mattera JA, Hodshon B, Herrin J. Do Non-Clinical Factors Improve Prediction of Readmission Risk? Results From the Tele-HF Study. JACC Heart Failure 2015, 4: 12-20. PMID: 26656140, PMCID: PMC5459404, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.07.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReadmission ratesPatient-reported informationHeart failureHealth statusReadmission riskC-statisticRisk scorePsychosocial variablesMedical record abstractionWeeks of dischargeReadmission risk modelNon-clinical factorsCandidate risk factorsReadmission risk predictionRecord abstractionClinical variablesPatient interviewsMedical recordsRisk factorsPatientsPsychosocial informationPsychosocial characteristicsTelephone interviewsRisk predictionScores