Keeping an eye on heart failure patients with remote monitoring technology between visits can improve outcomes, according to a Cochrane review.All-cause mortality in heart failure patients fell with telemonitoring (RR 0.66, P=0.08), found Sally C. Inglis, BHSc, of Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues.
Heart failure-related hospitalizations dropped with both telemonitoring (RR 0.79, P=0.008) and structured telephone support (RR 0.77, P=0.0001),Cochrane Library ...(read more from Medpage Today)
Medical News: Remote Monitoring Benefit Affirmed in Heart Failure - in Cardiovascular, CHF from MedPage Today
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