Digital assistant tested to boost heart attack recovery care

NCT ID NCT05844566

Summary

This study tested whether giving doctors a computer decision-support tool helps patients get better cholesterol management after a heart attack. Over 1,100 patients at hospitals that either used the tool or followed standard care were compared. Researchers wanted to see if the tool led doctors to prescribe more effective cholesterol-lowering treatments, helping more patients reach safer cholesterol levels within 16 weeks.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • A.O.U Policlinico di Modena S.C. di Cardiologia

    Modena, 41124, Italy

  • A.O.U. Ospedali Riuniti U.O.C. Cardiologia e UTIC

    Foggia, 71122, Italy

  • AUSL di Bologna-Ospedale Maggiore

    Bologna, 40133, Italy

  • AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia

    Reggio Emilia, 42121, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Gaetano Martino

    Messina, 98125, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale (A.O.R.N.) "Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano" di Caserta

    Caserta, 81100, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia

    Udine, 33100, Italy

  • Calderdale Royal Hospital

    Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 0PW, United Kingdom

  • Conquest Hospital

    Brighton, East Sussex, TN37 7PT, United Kingdom

  • Freeman Hospital

    Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE7 7DN, United Kingdom

  • Glan Glwyd Hospital

    Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, LL18 5UJ, United Kingdom

  • Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital

    Madrid, 28007, Spain

  • Hammersmith Hospital

    London, W2 1NY, United Kingdom

  • Hospital Clínico Universitario Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, 15706, Spain

  • Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca

    El Palmar, Murcia, 30120, Spain

  • Hospital HM Montepríncipe

    Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, 28660, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz

    Madrid, 28040, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario La Luz Quiron

    Madrid, 28003, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario La Paz

    Madrid, 28046, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia

    Córdoba, 14004, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos

    Móstoles, Madrid, 28933, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena

    Seville, 41009, Spain

  • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    Barcelona, 08025, Spain

  • IRCCS Policlinico San Donato

    Milan, 20097, Italy

  • IRCCS. A.O.U. Policlinico San Martino IST

    Genova, 16132, Italy

  • Kettering General Hospital

    Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN16 8UZ, United Kingdom

  • Luton and Dunstable University Hospital

    Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0DZ, United Kingdom

  • North Tyneside General Hospital

    North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE29 8NH, United Kingdom

  • Ospedale Sandro Pertini - ASL Roma 2

    Roma, 00157, Italy

  • Ospedale di Cisanello - A.U.O.P. Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria

    Pisa, 56124, Italy

  • Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda University Hospital

    Madrid, 28222, Spain

  • Royal Bournemouth Hospital

    Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 7DW, United Kingdom

  • Royal United Hospital

    Bath, Somerset, BA1 3NG, United Kingdom

  • Russell's Hall Hospital

    Dudley, West Midlands, DY12HQ, United Kingdom

  • Sandwell General Hospital

    Birmingham, West Midlands, B71 4HJ, United Kingdom

  • Scunthorpe General Hospital

    Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN15 7BH, United Kingdom

  • Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Craigavon Area Hospital

    Portadown, Northen Ireland, BT63 5QQ, United Kingdom

  • Sunderland Royal Hospital

    Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR4 7TP, United Kingdom

  • University Hospital of A Coruña

    A Coruña, Coruña, 15006, Spain

  • Vall d'Hebron University Hospital

    Barcelona, 08035, Spain

  • Worcestershire Royal Hospital

    Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD, United Kingdom

  • Worthing Hospital

    Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2DH, United Kingdom

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