Healthcare IT Today November 24, 2021
A randomized controlled trial across 8 acute care hospitals showed patients that were part of a Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) program after surgery, were 5.3% less likely to be readmitted, 13.9% less likely to report pain 7 days after surgery, and 24.2% safer because medication errors were detected early on.
Background
The trial was conducted by Dr. Michael McGillion and Dr. PJ Devereaux of the Population Health Research Institute and McMaster University. They recently published their results in the British Medical Journal – “Post-discharge after surgery Virtual Care with Remote Automated Monitoring-1 (PVC-RAM-1) technology versus standard care: randomised controlled trial.”
The objective of the study was to determine if virtual care, coupled with RPM had an impact on the outcomes...
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