There was evidence to suggest that education can improve HRQoL and decrease healthcare costs by reductions in downstream healthcare utilization .
Conclusions : Our review had insufficient power to exclude clinical ly important effects of education on mortality and morbidity .
Background : To assess the effects of patient education on mortality , morbidity , health-related quality of life ( HRQoL ) , and healthcare costs in people with coronary heart disease ( CHD ) .
Clinical trial of an Internet-based case management system for secondary prevention of heart disease.
PURPOSE Despite demonstrated benefits of cardiac rehabilitation and risk factor reduction , only 11 % to 38 % of eligible patients with cardiovascular disease ( CVD ) participate in cardiac rehabilitation programs .  Women and older adults are particularly less likely to participate in cardiac rehabilitation . In an effort to broaden access to cardiac rehabilitation , the authors developed an alternative Internet-based program that allows nurse case managers to provide risk factor management training , risk factor education , and monitoring services to patients with CVD . METHODS The evaluation consisted of a r and omized , clinical trial involving 104 patients with CVD , 53 of whom used the program as a special intervention ( SI ) for 6 months and 51 of whom received usual care ( UC ) .  RESULTS The results indicate that fewer cardiovascular events occurred among the SI subjects ( 15.7 % ) than among the UC subjects ( 4.1 % ) ( P = .053 ) , result ing in a gross cost savings of $ 1418 US dollars per patient . With a projected program cost of $ 453 USD per patient , the return on investment is estimated at 213 % . More weight loss occurred in the SI group ( -3.68 pounds ) than in the UC group ( + .47 pounds ) ( P = .003 ) . The differences between the two groups in terms of blood pressure , lipid levels , depression scores , minutes of exercise , and dietary habits were not statistically significant . CONCLUSION An Internet-based case management system could be used as a cost-effective intervention for patients with CVD , either independently or in conjunction with traditional cardiac rehabilitation
There was evidence to suggest that education can improve HRQoL and decrease healthcare costs by reductions in downstream healthcare utilization .
Conclusions : Our review had insufficient power to exclude clinical ly important effects of education on mortality and morbidity .
Background : To assess the effects of patient education on mortality , morbidity , health-related quality of life ( HRQoL ) , and healthcare costs in people with coronary heart disease ( CHD ) .