Comparison of Mortality and Hospital Readmissions Among Patients Receiving Virtual Ward Transitional Care vs Usual Postdischarge Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Virtual wards (VWs) include patient assessment in their homes by health care personnel and offer ongoing assessment and case management via home, telephone, and/or clinic visits. The association between VWs and patient outcomes during the transition from the hospital to home are unclear; earlier reviews on this topic have often conflated telemonitoring programs with VW models.

Objective

To evaluate the use of VW transition systems for community-dwelling individuals after medical discharge.

Data sources

English-language articles indexed in PubMed or Cochrane and published between January 1, 2000, and June 15, 2021.

Study selection

Randomized clinical trials comparing VW care with usual postdischarge care. Studies were stratified by diagnosis.

Data

SUBMITTER: Chauhan U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9240908 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature