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

Solventum US LLC150 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

150

Conditions

Auscultation of Heart and Lungs

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Locations (1)

North Country Health Care

Flagstaff, Arizona, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Confirmation of hub (remote) observations with satellite (local) observations

Presence or absence of heart or lung sound; e.g., murmurs, etc., and/or rales, rhonchii, wheezes.

Time frame: 30 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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