Pilot Study to Evaluate the Clinical Utility of Auscultation Software at Remote Locations

Pilot Study to Evaluate the Clinical Utility of 3M Littmann Scope-to-Scope Software for Real-time Assessment of Patients at Remote Clinic Locations by Centrally-located Medical Providers

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01138592

Enrollment

150

Registered

2010-06-07

Start date

2010-06-30

Completion date

2011-01-31

Last updated

2024-10-01

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Conditions

Auscultation of Heart and Lungs

Brief summary

Primary Objective: Evaluation of the utility of real-time, scope-to-scope communication between commercially-available 3M Littmann Electronic Model 3200 Electronic stethoscopes over a dedicated intranet system for the assessment of patients at remote (satellite) clinic locations by centrally-located (hub) medical providers. Secondary Objective: Comparison of the accuracy of patient assessment between the remotely located, mid-level presenter with the centrally-located physician or nurse practitioner provider.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Male and female subjects who are at least 18 years of age 2. Subjects who are scheduled to undergo examination in a telemedicine setting 3. Subjects who are willing to voluntarily sign the compound Informed Consent and the Authorization to Disclose Protected Health Information Form.

Exclusion criteria

1. Subjects who are unwilling to undergo additional examination in a telemedicine setting, 2. Any subject requiring time-critical medical intervention. 3. Any subject who the investigator believes should not be included or is unsuitable for inclusion in the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Confirmation of hub (remote) observations with satellite (local) observations	30 minutes	Presence or absence of heart or lung sound; e.g., murmurs, etc., and/or rales, rhonchii, wheezes.

Countries

United States

Outcome results