Will the new decade bring home remote monitoring of heart failure patients?

Remote monitoring in heart failure.

A meta-analysis of remote monitoring of heart failure patients.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of remote patient monitoring (RPM) on the outcome of chronic heart failure (HF) patients. BACKGROUND RPM via regularly scheduled structured telephone contact between patients and health care providers or electronic transfer of physiological data using remote access technology via remote external, wearable, or implantable electronic...

Remote Monitoring of Vital Signs in Chronic Heart Failure Patients

The chronic heart failure (CHF) affects an ever-growing segment of population and it is among the major causes of hospitalization for elderly citizens. The actual out-of-hospital treatment model, based on periodic visits, has a low capability to detect signs of destabilization and leads to a high re-hospitalization rate. In this paper, a complete and integrated Information and Communication sys...

Home monitoring for heart failure management.

With a prevalence of 5.8 million in the United States alone, heart failure (HF) is a common syndrome associated with substantial morbidity, mortality, and healthcare expenditures. Close to 1 million HF hospitalizations occur annually in the United States, with the majority of these resulting from worsening congestion in patients previously diagnosed with HF. An estimated $37.2 billion is spent ...

Remote monitoring of patients with cardiac failure

The area of remote monitoring in cardiac failure is developing rapidly. However, the term is used widely and inconsistently, resulting in difficulty interpreting the literature. Here we assess the recent research into this area and the potential implications for clinical practice.