ICT&health November 4, 2025
Remote physiologic monitoring (RPM), digital tools that collect and analyze patients’ health data between visits, is showing strong potential to transform primary care. A new study from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, published in Health Affairs, reveals that RPM not only improves chronic disease management but can also enhance practice revenue and expand care capacity.
The study is the first to measure the impact of RPM from the perspective of healthcare practices, examining how its use affects care delivery, staffing, and resource allocation. By analyzing national Medicare data from 2019 to 2021, researchers reviewed 754 primary care practices that implemented RPM. Within two years, these practices experienced a 20% increase in Medicare revenue compared to those that...
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