NCT01941667

Transitional Telehealth Home Care: REACH

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 218 (actual)
• Sponsor: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Weeks – 5 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators want to determine if additional, increased contact with infants and families discharged to home after cardiac surgery improves infant and parent outcomes as compared to usual care.

Detailed description

The investigators want to compare videoconferencing (SKYPE or FACTIME) and a monitoring system called Buddy Check is helpful. Buddy Check is a web-based tool using speech and internet technology to maintain contact with the health care team. Infants are randomized to usual care or the intervention which uses automated daily phone calls and 2 virtual home visits each week. Weights, oxygen levels, and amount of food taken are obtained by the primary caregiver (parent) daily and sent via automated phone call, text message or email messages based on primary caregiver's desired.

Conditions

• Congenital Heart Disease
• Post Cardiac Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Daily Messages, Virtual Home Visits	Intervention includes: Measuring daily weights, 24 hour intake, heart rate, oxygen level Daily messages requesting weight, intake, pulse ox and pulse are automated Virtual home visits occur twice weekly where the investigators see the infant and families.
OTHER	Usual Care	Usual care as defined by by the Cardiology Department.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-07-01
• Primary completion: 2016-11-01
• Completion: 2017-07-01
• First posted: 2013-09-13
• Last updated: 2017-10-03

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States