Telehealth Management in HF Disparity Patients
Chronic Heart Failure
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Chronic Heart Failure focused on measuring Chronic Heart Failure, Telehealth, Self Management
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) patients about to be discharged from Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC)
- 18 years and older
- New York Heart Association (NYHA) class of 1-3
- Primary language of Spanish or English
- Access to a phone (land line or cell),
- Folstein Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE) score of 21 or higher.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with heart failure NYHA class 4
- Patients under age 18
- Anyone with a primary language that is not English or Spanish
- Anyone with a Folstein MMSE score under 21 (indicative of cognitive impairment)
Sites / Locations
- Nassau University Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
Standard of Care
Telehealth Self Management (TSM)
Patients in the control group will receive standard of care at a Heart Failure clinic (primary and cardiac care as reimbursed by Medicare or sliding scale/uncompensated care). Standard of care patients will be contacted on a weekly basis in order to maintain comparable frequency of contact.
TSM is defined as a weekly clinical telehealth visit and self-monitoring of daily vital signs utilizing a subject monitor which connects from the subject's residence, via a standard telephone line to the provider station.