Does telephone support of the rural and remote patient with heart failure improve clinical outcomes? Results of the Chronic Heart Failure Assistance by Telephone (CHAT) study

Does telephone support of the rural and remote patient with heart failure improve clinical outcomes? Results of the Chronic Heart Failure Assistance by Telephone (CHAT) study Journal Article

Heart, Lung and Circulation

• Author(s): Tonkin, Andrew, Yallop, Julie, Driscoll, Andrea, Forbes, Andrew, Croucher, Joanne, Chan, Bianca, Stewart, Simon, Clark, Robyn, Huynh, Luan, Meehan, Adam, Egan, Helen, Piterman, Leon, Kasper, Ed, Krum, Henry
• Published: 2009
• Volume: 18
• ISBN: 1443-9506

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Abstract: Heart failure (HF) remains a condition with high morbidity and mortality. We tested a telephone support (TS) strategy to reduce major events in rural and remote Australians with HF, who have limited healthcare access. TS comprised an interactive telecommunication software tool (Telewatch) with follow-up by trained cardiac nurses.

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