Here are eight clinical and financial outcomes, ranked by how frequently respondents said they improved during remote patient monitoring programs: 1. Reduced hospital admissions: 38 percent 2. Improved patient satisfaction: 25 percent 3. Reduced readmissions: 25 percent 4. Reduced emergency room visits: 25 percent 5. Quantified cost reductions: 17 percent 6. Improved medication compliance: 13…
Detailshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4827701/
A year-long remote monitoring program for patients with heart failure saved more than $8,000 per patient and reduced hospitalizations by more than 30 percent. The @Home study, conducted by Pennsylvania-based Capital Blue Cross and mHealth technology company Geneia, compared Blue Cross members equipped with Medtronic’s ZephyrLIFE home monitoring platform to a control group of non-monitored HF patients. The resulting reductions…
DetailsDespite the best efforts of clinicians, some hospital readmissions are necessary and unavoidable. A cardiac patient may develop fluid around his or her heart, or infection could set in at a surgical site. Other discharged patients may show up in the emergency department after experiencing vague symptoms such as dizziness or a spike in blood…
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Remote patient monitoring can help patients with hypertension manage their blood pressure at home. In fact, integrating this technology into patient care proved more effective than normal practice at lowering blood pressure for up to 12 months after completing a telemonitoring program, according to study results published in JAMA. Researchers from the HealthPartners Institute for Education…
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