Currently Funded NIH Research Protocols
Home Health Monitor Service Compared to Conventional Home Health
Care for patients with Congestive Heart Failure:
Patients will be randomized to receive either conventional home
health care or use the HHM for 2 months. All follow-up data will be collected for 12
months after enrollment
Objective: to determine which method of CHF follow-up care will be
most effective at:
- Decreasing hospital re-admissions for CHF
- Decreasing CHF healthcare cost
- Improving quality of life
Inclusion criteria: (Any ONE of the following)
- Documented evidence of ventricular dysfunction by echocardiograph
- Clinical signs/symptoms of CHF that improve with appropriate
treatment
- Documented NYHA functional class III or IV
- History of least 2 CHF admissions within the past 12 months
- Have an operating telephone line
Exclusion criteria: (Any ONE of the following)
- Unstable angina
- End-stage CHF requiring IV infusions of inotropic or diuretic agents
- Renal failure/dialysis
- Planned discharge to a long-term care facility
- Severe dementia
- Anticipated survival of less than 6 months
- Home health nursing care specifically for CHF (applies to the monitor
group only)
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The Effects of Telemanagement with Transtelephonic Monitoring of
Hypertension in African Americans
Objectives:
- To determine if African Americans with HTN will be willing to
maintain a high level of monitoring, using the Home Health Monitoring System for three
months
- To determine the effects of a telemanagement system consisting of
physician supervised evaluation/titration/changes of medications and nurse directed
patient education
- To improve hypertension control
Inclusion criteria: (all of the following)
- African American race - greater than 18 but less than 70 years of age
- Diagnosis of HTN (>140mmHg systolic and/or 90mmHg diastolic)
- Medically stable (abscence of co-morbid conditions)
- Cognitively capable of consenting to study participation
- Have an operating phone line
For More Information Contact:
Nurse Coordinator - Home Health Telemanagement Service
University of Illinois at Chicago
840 S. Wood St. (M/C 787)
Chicago, Illinois 60612-7323
Phone: (312) 996-4409 Pager: (312) 839-0578
Fax: (312) 413-2948
E-mail: mbondm1@uic.edu
The Home Health Monitor is exclusively manufactured
and distributed by AvidCare Medical Devices. For more information on the Home Health
Monitor contact:
Bill Genthe, PhD.
Phone: (414)291-0844
E-mail: wgenthe@avidcare.com
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