Table 1: Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for evaluating Potential Family Medicine Patients Hospitalized at Stony Brook Medicine.
Inclusion | Exclusion |
• Family Medicine Patients who are: | • Uninsured patients |
• Age 30 years or older | • Patients whose physical limitations prohibit the use of the telehealth equipment |
• Able to provide consent for their own care | • Patients involved in another research study |
• English speakers (able to comprehend and speak English) | • Pregnant patients (patients actively trying to conceive) |
• Patients with good cognitive function (as evidence by ability to answer a mild cognitive screen (age, telephone, current date, name of facility) | • Admission for a psychiatric primary diagnosis |
• Living within reasonable commute to the Family Medical Group clinics | |
• Patients with a life expectancy greater than 6 months | |
• Patients with a clinical disposition to home after hospital discharge | |
• Patients that are able to turn on the telehealth technology and follow prompts |