Category: Clinical Outcomes
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Journal of American Medical Association: Remote Patient Monitoring During COVID-19: An Unexpected Patient Safety Benefit
In JAMA Viewpoint, authors assess lessons learned about remote patient monitoring after the COVID-19 pandemic. The study projected that remote monitoring could potentially be associated with 87% fewer hospitalizations, 77% fewer deaths, reduced per-patient costs of $11 472 over standard care, and gains of 0.013 quality-adjusted life-years. Researchers concluded that the shift of monitoring should be…
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American Heart Association Journals: Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring With Remote Hypertension Management in a Rural and Low-Income Population
The 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association blood pressure (BP) guideline provides a Class IA recommendation for the use of home BP monitoring, team-based care, and telehealth strategies to improve BP control among patients with hypertension. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of home BP telemonitoring with remote hypertension management…
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NPJ Digital Medicine: Implementation of a Multisite, Interdisciplinary Remote Patient Monitoring Program for Ambulatory Management of Patients with COVID-19
Established technology, operational infrastructure, and nursing resources were leveraged to develop a remote patient monitoring (RPM) program for ambulatory management of patients with COVID-19. Among all 7074 evaluated patients, the RPM technology engagement rate was 78.9%. Rates of emergency department visit and hospitalization within 30 days of enrollment were 11.4% and 9.4%, respectively, and the…