Clinical Trial: Improving Veteran Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation

U.S., July 24 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07079358) titled 'Improving Veteran Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation' on July 14.

Brief Summary: This study will test whether the Veterans Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral Program (VCR2P) improves cardiac rehabilitation participation by studying 816 Veterans across three VA medical centers in Nashville, Dallas, and Gainesville over 12 months. The trial compares referral rates from the 6 months before implementing the program to 6 months after, using a "before and after" design since randomization would be impractical. The study will measure whether the program increases the proportion of eligible Veterans who receive cardiac rehabilitation referrals...