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Home»Coronary artery disease» Looking for patients who have had a recent heart attack to trial new smart technology to help prevent re-admission to hospital
Clinical Trial
Looking for patients who have had a recent heart attack to trial new smart technology to help prevent re-admission to hospital
This trial aims to test new smart technology for preventing patients who have recently had a heart attack from being readmitted to the hospital. The main outcome to be measured will be time to hospital re-admission within 30 days of discharge. This study is being conducted in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, in the United States.
The details
Re-admission to the hospital after a heart attack is one of the leading causes of preventable death and healthcare costs. John Hopkins University has developed a new technology (Corrie Digital Health Platform) to try and reduce unexplained hospital admissions after a heart attack. This technology includes a smartphone application, an Apple watch, and a Bluetooth-enabled blood pressure cuff. The purpose of this technology is to help management of heart medications, help self-track vital signs (such as heart rate, blood pressure), to educate about heart disease through articles and animated videos and to coordinate outpatient follow-up appointments.
This study aims to investigate whether or not this technology can reduce the number of re-admissions to the hospital after a heart attack. The main outcome to be measured will be the time to first hospital re-admission within 30 days of discharge.
Who are they looking for?
This study is looking for 950 participants. Patients must be admitted with a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction), must be English-speaking and must have a smartphone.
Patients must not have a visual or hearing impairment that would prevent the use of the intervention. Their illness must not be so severe that they could not participate (e.g. sedated, on a ventilator).
How will it work
In this study, all patients will use the Corrie Digital Health Platform. They will also receive the normal standard of care for patients after a heart attack. They will be compared to patients receiving the historical standard of care for patients with a heart attack.
The time to re-admission within 30 days of discharge will be measured. This information will be collected from hospital administrative databases. Patients will be followed for 30 days.
