Telephone Support to Rural and Remote Patients with Heart Failure: The Chronic Heart Failure Assessment by Telephone (<scp>CHAT</scp>) study

Abstract

Although no difference was observed in the primary endpoint of CHAT (Packer composite score), UC+I significantly reduced the number of HF patients hospitalized among a rural and remote cohort. These data suggest that telephone support may be an efficacious approach to improve clinical outcomes in rural and remote HF patients.