ArticleInteractive journal of medical research2016
Telemonitoring in Cystic Fibrosis: A 4-year Assessment and Simulation for the Next 6 Years.
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- Domains and Methods Used to Assess Home Telemonitoring Scalability: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Pooled it
- A multi-centre, randomized, controlled trial on coaching and telemonitoring in patients with cystic fibrosis: conneCT CF.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2021Trial
- A prospective pilot study of home monitoring in adults with cystic fibrosis (HOME-CF): protocol for a randomised controlled trial.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2017Trial
- A prospective randomised controlled mixed-methods pilot study of home monitoring in adults with cystic fibrosis.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseaseTrial
- A Scoping Review of Methods for Extrapolating Costs and Effects in Economic Evaluations of Remote Monitoring.PharmacoEconomics - open · 2026Review
- Feasibility, Adherence, Acceptance and Usability of a Multimodal Telemonitoring for Pediatric Post-COVID Syndrome: A Bicentric Pilot Study.Journal of medical systems · 2026Article
- Patient and family experience of telehealth care delivery as part of the CF chronic care model early in the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society · 2021Article
- Telemedicine in cystic fibrosis.Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology · 2021Article
- Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring as an Adjunct to Medical Management of Bronchiectasis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Telemedicine in the management of patients with chronic respiratory failure.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2021Review
- The case for open science: rare diseases.JAMIA open · 2020Review
- Healthcare reassessment in a pandemics time: challenges for CF.Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society · 2020Article
- Emerging Alternatives to Conventional Clinic Visits in the Era of COVID-19: Adoption of Telehealth at VCU Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center.International journal of general medicine · 2020Review
- Early detection of pulmonary exacerbations in children with Cystic Fibrosis by electronic home monitoring of symptoms and lung function.Scientific reports · 2017Observational
- Impact of telemonitoring approaches on integrated HIV and TB diagnosis and treatment interventions in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.Health promotion perspectives · 2017Article
- Strategies to optimize treatment adherence in adolescent patients with cystic fibrosis.Adolescent health, medicine and therapeutics · 2016Review
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Abstract
backgroundInnovative technologies and informatics offer a wide range of services to health districts, doctors, nurses, and patients, and is changing the traditional concept of health care. In the last few years, the availability of portable devices, their easiness to transport and use, and the capability to collect and transmit various clinical data have resulted in the fast development of telemedicine. However, despite its potential impact in improving patient conditions, and its cost effectiveness reported in literature, telemedicine is not in daily practice.
objectiveThe aim of this study is to provide evidence of the positive impact of telemonitoring proving the sustainability of an application by sending spirometry outcomes from patients' homes to the hospital doctors via the Internet, and from doctors to patients by an additional phone call solution.
methodsWe examined collected data related to clinical improvement of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The patients were followed-up at home using telemonitoring for a period of 10 years, with the aims to prove the sustainability of the methodology (transmissions of spirometry from the patients' home to the doctors and feedback from the doctors to the patients by phone call from the hospital). We stored and analyzed all spirometry transmissions received, and tested the possible presence to decrease the costs between the standard clinical trial (only ambulatory visits) and standard clinical trial with telemonitoring for the follow-up of patients with CF (telemedicine). This was done through an economic analysis of the costs for patients followed at home by telemonitoring. We assessed four years of observation and a simulation of total long-term costs between 2010 and 2020.
resultsWe discovered a potential saving of €40,397.00 per patient for 10 years, actualized at €36,802.97 for the follow-up of all patients enrolled.
conclusionsThe results from the study suggest that telemedicine can improve the health of patients with CF. It is a relatively cheap and potentially sustainable solution, compared to standard clinical trials. However, to establish and prove the long-term effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, more controlled psychological and behavioral studies are needed.
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