Enhancing Rural Health Via Cardiovascular Telehealth for Rural Patients Implementation (E-VICTORS)

Description

This pre-post study will evaluate the implementation of a cardiovascular telehealth platform, which will connect experts from the Wake Forest University Health Sciences (WFUHS) tertiary care center with Wilkes County Emergency Medical Services (WC-EMS) system, Wilkes Medical Center Emergency Department (ED), and The Wilkes County Health Department Public Health Community Clinic (PHCC) to improve cardiovascular care in this rural community.

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases, Acute Coronary Syndrome

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Study overview

This pre-post study will evaluate the implementation of a cardiovascular telehealth platform, which will connect experts from the Wake Forest University Health Sciences (WFUHS) tertiary care center with Wilkes County Emergency Medical Services (WC-EMS) system, Wilkes Medical Center Emergency Department (ED), and The Wilkes County Health Department Public Health Community Clinic (PHCC) to improve cardiovascular care in this rural community.

Enhancing Rural Health Via Cardiovascular Telehealth for Rural Patients (E-VICTORS) Project

Enhancing Rural Health Via Cardiovascular Telehealth for Rural Patients Implementation (E-VICTORS)

Condition
Cardiovascular Diseases
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Wilkesboro

Wilkes County Emergency Medical Services, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States, 28697

Wilkesboro

Wilkes County Public Health Community Clinic, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States, 28697

Wilkesboro

Wilkes Medical Center, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States, 28697

Winston-Salem

Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * age \> 18 years at time of index encounter
  • * Cardiovascular symptoms (chest discomfort or dyspnea consistent with possible ACS) as indicated by the treating provider
  • * Age \<18
  • * Traumatic chest pain
  • * Dyspnea that is clearly from a non-cardiac etiology
  • * Patients with hemodynamic instability SBP \< 90 mmHg, HR\>160 or \<40 bpm
  • * Patients requiring intubation/mechanical ventilation

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Wake Forest University Health Sciences,

Simon A Mahler, MD, MS, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Record Dates

2025-01