2023
Impact Of Digital Health Interventions In The Quality Of Life Of Patients With Heart Failure: A Randomized Trial
Castro A, Martin M, Desai N, Ahmad T, Yamamoto Y, Melchinger H, Lee K, Gerber B, Nguyen A, Weinstein J, Subair L, Lee V, Williams A, Shaw M, Arora T, Wilson F. Impact Of Digital Health Interventions In The Quality Of Life Of Patients With Heart Failure: A Randomized Trial. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2023, 29: 662. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.10.284.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuality of lifeUsual careClinical summary scoreTotal symptom scoreHeart failureSymptom scoresSummary scoresKansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire overall scoreYale New Haven Health SystemDigital health toolsHealth toolsReduced ejection fractionResults One hundred fiftyUsual care groupMethods One hundred eightyNon-Hispanic blacksDigital health interventionsHF clinicSecondary outcomesEjection fractionEmergency visitsMedian agePrimary outcomeClinical outcomesRandomization group
2022
Alerting Clinicians to 1-Year Mortality Risk in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
Ahmad T, Desai NR, Yamamoto Y, Biswas A, Ghazi L, Martin M, Simonov M, Dhar R, Hsiao A, Kashyap N, Allen L, Velazquez EJ, Wilson FP. Alerting Clinicians to 1-Year Mortality Risk in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure. JAMA Cardiology 2022, 7: 905-912. PMID: 35947362, PMCID: PMC9366654, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.2496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUsual care groupElectronic health recordsHeart failureAlert groupMedian agePrimary outcomeFemale patientsTerminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levelsYale New Haven Health SystemPro-brain natriuretic peptide levelsMedian NT-proBNP levelLeft ventricular ejection fractionLarge tertiary care centerHeart failure hospitalizationHeart failure medicationsNatriuretic peptide levelsNT-proBNP levelsHealth recordsHours of admissionTertiary care centerVentricular ejection fractionRate of hospitalizationIntensive care unitEthnicity groupsSmall community hospitalPragmatic randomized trial assessing the impact of digital health technology on quality of life in patients with heart failure: Design, rationale and implementation
Victoria‐Castro A, Martin M, Yamamoto Y, Ahmad T, Arora T, Calderon F, Desai N, Gerber B, Lee KA, Jacoby D, Melchinger H, Nguyen A, Shaw M, Simonov M, Williams A, Weinstein J, Wilson FP. Pragmatic randomized trial assessing the impact of digital health technology on quality of life in patients with heart failure: Design, rationale and implementation. Clinical Cardiology 2022, 45: 839-849. PMID: 35822275, PMCID: PMC9346973, DOI: 10.1002/clc.23848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of lifeHF patientsYale New Haven Health SystemKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireDigital health technologiesHeart failure careHealth technologiesDigital health interventionsDisease exacerbationHF clinicUsual carePrimary outcomeClinical outcomesHeart failurePatient engagementPatientsHealth interventionsDigital health toolsPatient empowermentHealth systemPatient usabilityHealth toolsEarly detectionFirst enrollmentHealthcare system