Evaluation of home telehealth following hospitalization for heart failure: A randomized trial

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 753-761

  Wakefield, Bonnie J ^a,b   Ward, Marcia M ^c   Holman, John E ^d   Ray, Annette ^d   Scherubel, Melody ^d   Burns, Trudy L ^c   Kienzle, Michael G ^e   Rosenthal, Gary E ^d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Home telehealth; Postdischarge support program; Videophone

Indexed keywords

HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURES; HOME TELEHEALTH; INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; MEDICAL CENTERS; OUTCOME MEASURES; POSTDISCHARGE SUPPORT PROGRAM; QUALITY OF LIVES; RANDOMIZED TRIALS; RESOURCE USES; RIGOROUS EVALUATIONS; TELEHEALTH; VIDEOPHONE;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; HOSPITALS; MOBILE PHONES; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS; VIDEO TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEHEALTH; TELEPHONE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CELLULAR PHONE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEVISION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 54949107725     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2007.0131     Document Type: Article

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