mHealth Intelligence November 9, 2023
Though RPM increased medication use and reduced hospital stays among hypertension patients, it spurred a $274 per patient increase in cost, new research shows.
While remote patient monitoring (RPM) helped improve outcomes for Medicare patients with hypertension, it increased outpatient visits and net healthcare spending, according to a new study.
Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the study aimed to assess the impact of RPM use on hypertension care and spending. A grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke supported the study.
The researchers used traditional Medicare claims for medical services and pharmacy prescription fills to identify patients with a hypertension diagnosis in 2019 who filled at least one prescription for an antihypertensive medication that year....
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