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
Racial Differences in Heart Failure Outcomes Evidence From the Tele-HF Trial (Telemonitoring to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes)
Qian F, Parzynski CS, Chaudhry SI, Hannan EL, Shaw BA, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Racial Differences in Heart Failure Outcomes Evidence From the Tele-HF Trial (Telemonitoring to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes). JACC Heart Failure 2015, 3: 531-538. PMID: 26160368, PMCID: PMC8635169, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.03.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported health statusKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireHeart failureBlack patientsHealth statusHF hospitalizationRacial differencesBaseline KCCQ scoresClinical laboratory valuesPatient-reported outcomesSignificant racial differencesKCCQ scoresHF admissionsPatient demographicsWhite patientsLaboratory valuesPropensity score methodsPatientsHospitalizationOutcome evidenceMonthsLinear mixed modelsBaselineTrialsStatus