Research Article

Telemedical Support in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: Experience from Different Projects in Germany

Table 1

Selected telemedical support projects for patients with chronic heart failure in Germany.

ProjectHeiTel-TelemedicineCorBeneTelemedicine for the HeartTelemed BrandenburgPartnership for the HeartHerzAsPro Heart/Herzensgut

Partner200 GP and specialistsCardiologists, GP hospitals, Rehabilitation facilities, Medtronic GmbHGerman Foundation for the Chronically IIICardiologists, GP, local and regional hospitals, Deutsches Herz-zentrum BerlinBosch Telemedicine GmbH, Intercomponent Ware AG, getemed AG, T-Mobile GmbHBNK Westfalen-LippeBNK Service GmbH, KKH Allianz

Associate partnersAOK Baden-WürttembergStudy groups of the Betriebs-Krankenkassen NRW/SaarlandTechniker Kranke kasseAOK Branden-burgBarmer Ersatz-kasseAOK Westfalen-Lippe, KVWL-Consult

Telemedical providerSHL Telemedicine DüsseldorfVitaphone GmbH MannheimVitaphone GmbH MannheimTMZ Brandenburg, getemed TeltowTelemedical center Charite Berlin, Telemedical center Robert-Bosch-Hospital StuttgartInstitute for applied telemedicine Bad OeynhausenAlmeda AG München

Start of the project2006.09.012005.12.012006.01.0120042005.01.012008.01.012004.01.01

End of the project2010.12.31unlimitedunlimitedunlimited2010.06.30unlimiteduntil 12/2009

Number of patients21729281100300710 1545

NYHA stage I4853000011456

NYHA stage II8320626270312116488

NYHA stage III85302429195398174317

NYHA stage IV1344410506284

Duration12 monthsunlimited6–27 monthsat least 1 year25 monthsat least 1 years2 years
Transmitted parametersBody weight, ECG/heart rate, blood pressureBody weight, ECG/heart rate, symptomsBody weight, heart rate, blood pressureBody weight, ECG/heart rate, blood pressure, thorax impedance and breathing rate, oxygen saturation, symptomsBody weight, ECG/heart rate, blood pressure physical activity, Self perceptanceBody weight, ECG/heart rate, blood pressureBody weight, heart rate, blood pressure

Modular system for telemedical monitoringyesyesyeslimitedyesyesno

Compliance managementyesyesyesyesyesyesyes

Patient education programyesyesyesyesyesyesyes

Emergency managementyesyes (24/7)limitedyesyes (24/7)yeslimited

Medical scientific assessmentyesyesyesyesyesyesno

Health-economic assessmentyesyesyesyesyesyesyes

Further informationshttp://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/http://www.vitaphone.de/http://www.dsck.de/http://www.tmzb.com/http://www.partnership-for-the-heart.de/http://www.hdz-nrw.de/http://www.almeda.com/

( 113 patients the NYHA stage was not determined).