Utilization Reduction, Cost Savings, and Return on Investment for the PacifiCare Chronic Heart Failure Program, "Taking Charge of Your Heart Health"

Vaccaro, Jerome V.; Cherry, Julie Cheitlin; Harper, Anne; O’Connell, Michael

doi:10.1089/10935070152596052

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“…(42) "..total cost was 12 percent lower in the intervention group" saved "The main finding was a tendency for lower total number of hospital days" increased Vaccaroetal. (32) "Costs for hospitalizations and ER visits were reduced by 50.6%" saved "The program effectively reduced inpatient hospitalizations by 49.6%" increased Wennbergetal. (25) "A targeted telephone care-management program was successful in reducing medical costs" saved "A targeted telephone care-management program was successful in reducing .…”

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“…The study that dealt with the most chronic diseases was by Johnston et al (22) who reported on CHF, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cerebral vascular accident, cancer, diabetes, anxiety, and chronic wound care. cohort study (29), cost-effectiveness analysis conducted alongside a randomized trial (30), pre-post study (31), matching of the retrospective control data with the observed intervention data (32), and a prospective study (33).…”

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Cost-Effectiveness of Telehealth Interventions for Chronic Heart Failure Patients: A Literature Review

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Int J Technol Assess Health Care

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Cost-Effectiveness of Telehealth Interventions for Chronic Heart Failure Patients: A Literature Review

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Severens

Nijnatten

et al. 2014

Int J Technol Assess Health Care

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“…In Europe, it is estimated that at least 10 million people suffer from chronic HF [14, 15], and in the United States another 400.000–700.000 patients are diagnosed annually [16], while 1 in 9 death certificates (277,193 death) in 2007 mentioned HF [17]. The healthcare costs are equally high; in one study, it is reported that $30 billion were spent in the USA in 2007 [18].…”

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Telemonitoring in Chronic Heart Failure: A Systematic Review

Giamouzis

Mastrogiannis

Koutrakis

et al. 2012

Cardiology Research and Practice

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Heart failure (HF) is a growing epidemic with the annual number of hospitalizations constantly increasing over the last decades for HF as a primary or secondary diagnosis. Despite the emergence of novel therapeutic approached that can prolong life and shorten hospital stay, HF patients will be needing rehospitalization and will often have a poor prognosis. Telemonitoring is a novel diagnostic modality that has been suggested to be beneficial for HF patients. Telemonitoring is viewed as a means of recording physiological data, such as body weight, heart rate, arterial blood pressure, and electrocardiogram recordings, by portable devices and transmitting these data remotely (via a telephone line, a mobile phone or a computer) to a server where they can be stored, reviewed and analyzed by the research team. In this systematic review of all randomized clinical trials evaluating telemonitoring in chronic HF, we aim to assess whether telemonitoring provides any substantial benefit in this patient population.

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“…Recent studies that compared telehealth to traditional outpatient care recorded savings estimates from 17% to 75%. [16][17][18][19][20][21][22] Similarly, a review of telehealth studies among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failure, and stroke reported reductions in hospital admissions/readmissions, length of hospital stay, emergency department visits, and often a decrease in mortality. 23 A review of the cost-effectiveness of telehealth 24 concludes that economic tools for evaluation are increasingly used, but better reporting of methodologies and findings is required.…”

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Personalized Telehealth in the Future: A Global Research Agenda

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Nonnecke

Lindeman

et al. 2018

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Telecommunication technologies have been used to bring healthcare expertise to the point of care since the 19th century. In 1878, The Lancet reported the use of the telephone to reduce unnecessary physician visits and, in 1910, a tele-stethoscope had already been described.1 During the mid-20th century, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) used remote monitoring systems to measure astronauts’ physiological functions. The Space Technology Applied to Rural Papago Advanced Health Care project further developed this field with the Papago Indians in the southwestern U.S.2 However, the greatest strides in remote monitoring technologies for telehealth have occurred over the last 10 years, with a growing evidence base showing their effectiveness in the management of chronic disease.

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Utilization Reduction, Cost Savings, and Return on Investment for the PacifiCare Chronic Heart Failure Program, "Taking Charge of Your Heart Health"

Cited by 26 publications

References 5 publications

Cost-Effectiveness of Telehealth Interventions for Chronic Heart Failure Patients: A Literature Review

Cost-Effectiveness of Telehealth Interventions for Chronic Heart Failure Patients: A Literature Review

Telemonitoring in Chronic Heart Failure: A Systematic Review

Personalized Telehealth in the Future: A Global Research Agenda

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