Telemonitoring Reduces Hospitalizations, Saves Lives, Says New Research Report

MarketResearch.com has announced it has added a new report “Tele-Health Monitoring: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2011 to 2017,” to its collection of Information Technology market reports, which focus on trends in the $607.5 million healthcare delivery market.

Telemonitoring helps people who are chronically ill follow doctors’ orders more easily because information about what they are doing gets transmitted back to healthcare facilities and can be corrected, or have intervention provided, as needed. It allows a consulting physician to remotely monitor a patient's health status, and chronic conditions can be gathered in real time. Best of all, it allows patients with chronic illnesses to live a more mobile life.

Research has found that telemonitoring can save lives, according to sciencedaily.com, which reports that remote telemedical management is emerging as a medical technology that may help to improve treatment and outcome for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). In fact, the telemonitoring of patients with CHF has been shown to be successful in reducing hospitalizations and trips to the emergency department, making these critical measures unnecessary in many cases, according to marketwire.com. And a 2010 Australian review of 25 studies involving nearly 10,000 patients found that the use of remote monitoring devices was correlated with a 33 percent drop in mortality rates for patients with CHF.

Chronic conditions require daily, real-time monitoring of physiological data like blood pressure, heart rate and other vital signs, as well as direct patient feedback, coaching and a high level of patient-clinician interaction, especially with patients who live so far from doctors, according to the story at marketresearch.com, all which can be accomplished through telemonitoring.

But home patient monitoring requires two things: patients who are able to self-manage their conditions, and use mobile devices as the go-between their doctors and them. The marketwire.com story notes that, left to their own judgments, patients typically don’t make good decisions relating to their personal health. But with telemonitoring, doctors can intervene clinically as necessary based on real vital signs data gathered daily, and coach patients about what they need to do.  

Equally important? The devices used to monitor patients remotely need to use advanced technology. Wireless telemonitoring devices enable taking vital signs measurements at home and in remote locations.

Telemonitoring gives patients far more choices about how and when to react in case of change in medical condition, before a full blown emergency occurs, as reported in the marketwire.com story. No matter if the patient is at home, on the bus, at the movies or anywhere in the course of daily life, wireless telemonitoring supports a more mobile lifestyle. Consistent and real-time oversight greatly improves ongoing treatment, keeps patients healthier, and avoids expensive hospitalizations, says the story in marketwire.com.

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