Patients' experiences of remote communication after pacemaker implant: The NORDLAND study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The concept of 'patient experience' has become central to how to improve healthcare. Remote communication with patients is today a frequent practice in healthcare services, showing similar outcomes to standard outpatient care while enabling cost reduction in both formal and informal care. The purpose of this study was to analyse the experiences of people with telemonitoring pacemakers.

Methods

Patients were randomly allocated to either the telemonitoring or hospital monitoring follow-ups. Using the 'Generic Short Patient Experiences Questionnaire' (GS-PEQ), as well as an ad-hoc survey from the 'telehealth patient satisfaction survey' and 'costs survey', patients' experiences were measured six months after the pacemaker implant in a cohort of 50 consecutive patient

SUBMITTER: Catalan-Matamoros D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6586402 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature