Enhancing Rural Health Via Cardiovascular Telehealth for Rural Patients Implementation (E-VICTORS)
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
🗓️ Study Start (Actual) 1 February 2021
🗓️ Primary Completion (Estimated) August 2024
✅ Study Completion (Estimated) August 2024
👥 Enrollment (Estimated) 24000
🔬 Study Type OBSERVATIONAL
📊 Phase N/A
Locations:
📍 Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
📍 Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
📍 Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
📍 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

📋 Eligibility Criteria

Description

    Inclusion 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

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • * 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 N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

🗓️ Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

  • First Submitted 30 October 2020
  • First Submitted that Met QC Criteria 30 October 2020
  • First Posted 5 November 2020

Study Record Updates

  • Last Update Submitted that Met QC Criteria 9 August 2023
  • Last Update Posted 14 August 2023
  • Last Verified August 2023