National Patterns of Remote Patient Monitoring Service Availability at US Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital remote patient monitoring (RPM), such as home-based blood pressure, heart rate, or weight monitoring, enables longitudinal care outside traditional health care settings, especially in the vulnerable period after hospitalizations, with broad coverage of the service by payers. We sought to evaluate patterns of RPM service availability at US hospitals and the characteristics of hospitals and the counties they serve that are associated with the availability of these services.

Methods

We used national data from the American Hospital Association Annual Survey from 2018 to 2022 to ascertain US hospitals offering RPM services for postdischarge or chronic care. We linked hospitals with their census-based county-level data to define the characteristics of the counti

SUBMITTER: Pedroso AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12367071 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature