Clinical Effectiveness, Access to, and Satisfaction with Care Using a Telehomecare Substitution Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Visit protocol for telehealth patients.

Week 1	2 in-home visits
Week 2	1 in-home; 1 video visit (nurses/patients collaborate on the plan of care)
Week 3	1 in-home; 1 video visit (nurses/patients collaborate on the plan of care)
Week 4	2 video visits
Week 5	2 video visits
Decision point
Week 6	1 video visit; Nurses determine if it is time to discharge the patient or whether the patient could benefit from two more weeks of telehealth monitoring and teaching. If discharged, the nurse goes to the home (visit 5) to make the discharge visit, completes the discharge OASIS, and packs the telehealth equipment for return.
	If not discharged at week 6, the video nurse continues one video visit per week for weeks 7 and 8 and then goes into the home for the final visit to either close the case or recertify.