Trial reportJournal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing2013
Economic impact of remote monitoring on ordinary follow-up of implantable cardioverter defibrillators as compared with conventional in-hospital visits. A single-center prospective and randomized study.
Trial report in Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Economic Evaluations of Digital Health Interventions for Patients With Heart Failure: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Structured telephone support or non-invasive telemonitoring for patients with heart failure.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Interactive telemedicine: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- A prospective comparison of remote monitoring systems in implantable cardiac defibrillators: potential effects of frequency of transmissions.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2016Trial
- Costs of remote monitoring vs. ambulatory follow-ups of implanted cardioverter defibrillators in the randomized ECOST study.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2014Trial
- Expert Consensus Statement: Committee on Implantable Devices and Committee on Social Issues, Japanese Heart Rhythm Society (JHRS) Statement on Remote Monitoring of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices.Journal of arrhythmia · 2026Article
- Development of a remote therapeutic monitoring platform: applications for movement disorders.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Economic evaluation of remote patient monitoring and organizational analysis according to patient involvement: a scoping review.International journal of technology assessment in health care · 2023Article
- 2023 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS Expert Consensus Statement on Practical Management of the Remote Device Clinic.Journal of arrhythmia · 2023Article
- 2023 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS Expert Consensus Statement on Practical Management of the Remote Device Clinic.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2023Article
- Heart failure and telemedicine: where are we and where are we going? Opportunities and critical issues.European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology · 2023Article
- Clinic Time Required for Remote and In-Person Management of Patients With Cardiac Devices: Time and Motion Workflow Evaluation.JMIR cardio · 2021Article
- Costs and where to find them: identifying unit costs for health economic evaluations of diabetes in France, Germany and Italy.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2020Review
- Patients' and Nurses' Experiences and Perceptions of Remote Monitoring of Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators in Heart Failure: Cross-Sectional, Descriptive, Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Outsourcing the Remote Management of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: Medical Care Quality Improvement Project.JMIR cardio · 2019Article
- Prognosis after lead extraction in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices infection: Comparison of lead-related infective endocarditis with pocket infection in a Japanese single-center experience.Journal of arrhythmia · 2019Article
- Remote Monitoring of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and Permanent Pacemakers: A Health Technology Assessment.Ontario health technology assessment series · 2018Review
- Remote monitoring of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED).Trends in cardiovascular medicine · 2016Review
- The empirical foundations of telemedicine interventions for chronic disease management.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2014Review
- Remote Monitoring for Follow-up of Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2014Article
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Abstract
introductionFew data are available on actual follow-up costs of remote monitoring (RM) of implantable defibrillators (ICD). Our study aimed at assessing current direct costs of 1-year ICD follow-up based on RM compared with conventional quarterly in-hospital follow-ups. METHODS AND
resultsPatients (N = 233) with indications for ICD were consecutively recruited and randomized at implant to be followed up for 1 year with standard quarterly in-hospital visits or by RM with one in-hospital visit at 12 months, unless additional in-hospital visits were required due to specific patient conditions or RM alarms. Costs were calculated distinguishing between provider and patient costs, excluding RM device and service cost. The frequency of scheduled in-hospital visits was lower in the RM group than in the control arm. Follow-up required 47 min per patient/year in the RM arm versus 86 min in the control arm (p = 0.03) for involved physicians, generating cost estimates for the provider of USD 45 and USD 83 per patient/year, respectively. Costs for nurses were comparable. Overall, the costs associated with RM and standard follow-up were USD 103 ± 27 and 154 ± 21 per patient/year, respectively (p = 0.01). RM was cost-saving for the patients: USD 97 ± 121 per patient/year in the RM group versus 287 ± 160 per patient/year (p = 0.0001).
conclusionThe time spent by the hospital staff was significantly reduced in the RM group. If the costs for the device and service are not charged to patients or the provider, patients could save about USD 190 per patient/year while the hospital could save USD 51 per patient/year.
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