A novel integrated care concept (NICC) versus standard care in the treatment of chronic cardiovascular diseases: protocol for the randomized controlled trial CardioCare MV

• Published in: Current controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine Vol. 19; no. 1; p. 120
• Main Authors: Schmidt, Christian, Öner, Alper, Mann, Miriam, Krockenberger, Katja, Abbondanzieri, Melanie, Brandewiede, Bernard, Brüge, Armin, Hostenkamp, Gisela, Kaiser, Axel, Neumeyer, Henriette, Ziegler, Andreas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 20.02.2018; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Analysis; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial Fibrillation - therapy; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiology; Cardiovascular diseases; Care and treatment; Care center; Chronic Disease; Clinical trials; Collaboration; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; Diagnosis; Disease management; Disease management program; Endpoint Determination; Evidence-based care; Family physicians; Health care costs; Health care expenditures; Heart attacks; Heart failure; Heart Failure - therapy; Hospitalization; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - therapy; Hypotheses; Integrated delivery systems; Intervention; Morbidity; Mortality; Multidisciplinary teams; Patient compliance; Prospective Studies; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Registration; Research Design; Risk factors; Sample Size; Stroke; Study Protocol; Telemedicine; United States > US; Pomerania; Germany; Heart failure; Treatment-resistant hypertension; Integrated care; Telemedicine; Evidence-based care; Atrial fibrillation; Disease management program; Hospitalization; Care center; Randomized controlled trial

Cardiovascular diseases are the major cause of death globally and represent a major economic burden on health care systems. Positive effects of disease management programs have been shown for patients with heart failure (HF). Remote monitoring and telemonitoring with active intervention are benefici...