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WebCareHealth Partners with Iowa Heart Center to Reduce Heart Failure Associated Hospitalizations
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ANKENY, Iowa, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ WebCareHealth, a leading remote patient monitoring platform for heart failure and other chronic conditions, is working with MercyOne Iowa Heart Center, one of the premier cardiology, vascular and cardiovascular surgery practices in the nation, to reduce heart failure associated hospitalizations as part of a 30-60-90-day study.
One-hundred and fifty patients were enrolled in the study to evaluate WebCareHealth platform s impact on reducing hospitalizations and readmissions in contrast to Iowa Heart s current standard of care for heart failure. Preliminary study results show improvements in hospitalization and readmission reductions, and increased use of WebCareHealth s optimized guideline-directed therapies for treatment.
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