Becker's Healthcare November 14, 2023
Remote patient monitoring improved outcomes and decreased costs in more than 4,000 hypertension patients, new data shows.
Researchers analyzed hypertension patients who used the remote monitoring platform from health tech company Cadence from February 2022 to April 2023, according to an abstract published Nov. 6 in the journal Circulation. They had a reduction in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and also had lower costs than those who got orders but didn’t enroll in the program.
“Traditional methods for diagnosing and treating hypertension, which is the most common modifiable risk factor accounting for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the...