Post Discharge After Surgery Virtual Care With Remote Automated Monitoring Technology (PVC-RAM) Trial

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

905

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 23, 2020

Primary Completion Date

October 28, 2020

Study Completion Date

June 2, 2021

Conditions
SurgeryPerioperative ComplicationCOVID
Interventions
OTHER

Virtual Care and Remote Automated Monitoring

Patients will measure daily vitals (blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, temperature, weight) with remote monitoring technology and complete recovery surveys daily in home after discharge from hospital. Patients will interact with a virtual nurse daily on days 1-15 and every other day from days 16-30. If the patient's RAM measurements exceed predetermined thresholds, the patient reports specific symptoms (e.g., shortness of breath), a drug error is identified, or the virtual nurse has concerns about the patient's health that they cannot resolve, the virtual nurse will escalate care to a pre-assigned and available physician. Physicians will add or modify treatments as needed, and if required, they will have the patient come to an outpatient facility for evaluation or management. Via secure video or text messaging, patients will also have access to a virtual nurse at night, for any urgent issues.

Trial Locations (7)

Unknown

University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton

The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa

Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton

Juravinski Hospital, Hamilton

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton

Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston

London Health Sciences Centre, London

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

OTHER

collaborator

McMaster University

OTHER

lead

Population Health Research Institute

OTHER