Discharge outcomes and associated patient-level factors in Ontario's remote care monitoring programme: a population-based survival analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study examined discharge outcomes and their predictors among patients enrolled in remote patient monitoring (RPM) support in Ontario, Canada.

Design

A 6-month competing risk survival analysis.

Setting

Community-dwelling patients in Ontario, Canada.

Participants

Patients enrolled between 1 April 2024 and 27 February 2025.

Interventions

RPM programme patients are provided with wearable smart devices to monitor falls, medication non-adherence and wandering. Alerts from these devices trigger a response from the programme team, ranging from just a call back to further escalation support channels.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Four competing discharge outcomes were analysed: (1) positive discharge, (2) death, (3) admission to lo

SUBMITTER: Egbujie BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12863320 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature