TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alqutri, Hasan S
AU  - Asch, Federico M
AU  - Bennett, Sonita S
AU  - Chou, Jiling
AU  - Falah, Noor
AU  - Kuhn, Alexander
AU  - Loveland, Amy
AU  - Montalvo, Becky
AU  - Sanchez, Osirelis
AU  - Shara, Nawar
TI  - Voice activated remote monitoring technology for heart failure patients: Study design, feasibility and observations from a pilot randomized control trial
SN  - 1932-6203
PY  - 2022///
KW  - *Heart Failure
KW  - *Telemedicine
KW  - Feasibility Studies
KW  - Female
KW  - Heart Failure/th [Therapy]
KW  - Humans
KW  - Male
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Pilot Projects
KW  - Technology
KW  - MedStar Health Research Institute
KW  - MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute
KW  - Journal Article
KW  - Randomized Controlled Trial
N1  - Available online through MWHC library: 2006 - present
N2  - BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is a serious health condition, associated with high health care costs, and poor outcomes. Patient empowerment and self-care are a key component of successful HF management. The emergence of telehealth may enable providers to remotely monitor patients' statuses, support adherence to medical guidelines, improve patient wellbeing, and promote daily awareness of overall patients' health; CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates the feasibility of remote symptom monitoring of HF patients using voice activated technology. The varying HF severity and the wide range of patient responses to the technology indicate that personalized technological approaches are needed to capture the full benefit of the technology. The differences in health care utilization between the two arms call for further study into the impact of remote monitoring on health care utilization and patients' wellbeing; METHODS: We conducted a randomized clinical trial; ambulatory HF patients were randomized to voice activated technology or standard of care (SOC) for 90 days. The system developed for this study monitored patient symptoms using a daily survey and alerted healthcare providers of pre-determined reported symptoms of worsening HF. We used summary statistics and descriptive visualizations to study the alerts generated by the technology and to healthcare utilization outcomes; OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of a voice activated technology for monitoring of HF patients, and its impact on HF clinical outcomes and health care utilization; RESULTS: The average age of patients was 54 years, the majority were Black and 45% were women. Almost all participants had an annual income below
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267794
ER  -