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Mobile Integrated Health in Heart Failure

NCT04662541 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2005

Last updated 2026-02-19

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare how two different types of care after a hospitalization reduce hospital readmissions and symptom burden. The two types of care are a Transitions of Care Coordinator and Mobile Integrated Health. In the Transitions of Care Coordinator group, participants will receive a phone call from a care coordinator right after they go home following a hospitalization to check in. In the Mobile Integrated Health group, participants will be offered access to a community paramedic in case they need medical care while they are recovering at home after a hospitalization. The community paramedic will come to their home to perform an evaluation and set up a visit with an emergency physician via video conference. They may receive treatment at home or be transported to the emergency department. The investigators will be compare how well a Transitions of Care Coordinator and Mobile Integrated Health reduce readmissions to the hospital within 30 days of discharge and improve patient-reported health-related quality of life. The investigators hypothesize that participants in the Mobile Integrated Health group will have fewer readmissions to the hospital within 30 days of discharge and better health-related quality of life compared to participants in the Transitions of Care Coordinator group.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Mobile Integrated Health (MIH)

MIH leverages paramedics in the community and telemedicine (technology-enabled communication for health purposes) to provide medical care to heart failure patients in the home.

OTHER

Transitions of care coordinator (TOCC)

The TOCC group will receive a follow-up phone call shortly after discharge in which the patient is assessed and connected to clinical and social services as needed and patient education is reinforced.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Columbia University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ruth M. Masterson Creber, PhD, MSc, RN · Columbia University

  • Leah Shafran Topaz, BPT, MSc · Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-01-04
Primary Completion
2024-11-01
Completion
2024-11-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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