Impact assessment of telehealth medical nutrition therapy for managing cardiovascular disease risk in rural and remote NSW: the Healthy Rural Hearts study
The HealthyRHearts trial delivered significant impact in knowledge gain, while building healthcare and research capacity and capability in rural communities. Patient and community benefits were also delivered, with a potentially small but positive return on investment, suggesting that investment in rural clinical trials has broad-ranging benefits beyond research outcomes alone.
Authors
- Claire Alderton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2975-5744)
- Tracy Schumacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3541-6036)
- Priscilla Viana da Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6498-5975)
- Kurtis F. Budden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7435-275X)
- Raquel Cameron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2262-4995)
- Penny Milson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4078-7437)
- Shanthi Ramanathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1374-5565)
- Clare E. Collins
- Ilyse Jones
- Erin D. Clarke
- Jaimee Herbert
- Annabelle Williams
- John Attia
- Leanne J. Brown
Institutions
- John Hunter Hospital (AU)
- Hunter Medical Research Institute (AU)
- Hunter New England Local Health District (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Research Policy and Systems
- Published
- 2026-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-026-01476-3
- Primary Topic
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00