Recruiting

Telehealth Study

Sponsor:

Stony Brook University

Code:

NCT03528850

Conditions

Telemedicine

Patient Readmission

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 30+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Telemedicine evaluation

Study Details

Brief summary:

The study evaluates the feasibility of providing tele-transition of care, using risk stratification, novel data tools, remote patient monitoring and virtual visits. A new communication tool for relaying tele-communication among providers caring for the virtual patient is introduced. The primary endpoint is 30-day readmissions.

Conditions

Telemedicine

Patient Readmission

Study ID

NCT03528850

Start date

Jun 1, 2017

Status verified date

May, 2018

Completion date

May 30, 2018

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May 30, 2018

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 30+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Family Medicine Patients who are:

  • Age 30 years or older
  • Able to provide consent for their own care
  • English speakers (able to comprehend and speak English)
  • Patients with good cognitive function (as evidence by ability to answer a mild cognitive screen (age, telephone, current date, name of facility)
  • Living within reasonable commute to the Family Medical Group clinics
  • Patients with a life expectancy greater than 6 months
  • Patients with a clinical disposition to home after hospital discharge
  • Patients that are able to turn on the telehealth technology and follow prompts

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Uninsured patients who are not currently seen by the Family Medicine Practice
  • Patients whose physical limitations prohibit the use of the telehealth equipment
  • Patients involved in another research study
  • Pregnant patients (patients actively trying to conceive)
  • Admission for a psychiatric primary diagnosis

Study Design

Enrollment

180 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Telehealth

The Telehealth arm will receive daily biometric measurement of blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation and weight. The Telehealth arm will also have weekly virtual visits for the first month after hospital discharge. The Telehealth arm will answer surveys weekly for the first 30 days.

no intervention: Standard of Care

The Standard of Care will receive no interventions but will conduct surveys at enrollment and at the end of 30 days.

Interventions

Telemedicine evaluation

Weekly virtual visits and daily biometric readings of blood pressure, weight, oxygen saturation and pulse

Primary outcome measure

  • Hospital Readmission [ Time Frame: 30 Days ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Kimberly Noel, MD MPH

6314442032kimberly.noel@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Locations

Stony Brook University Hospital

Recruiting

Stony Brook, New York, United States, 11794

Contacts

Kimberly Noel, MD MPH

631-444-2032kimberly.noel@stonybrookmedicine.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Stony Brook University

Last update posted

May 18, 2018

Last verified

May, 2018

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Stony Brook University on 2018-05-18.