Observational studyAnnals of internal medicine2023
Effects of Remote Patient Monitoring Use on Care Outcomes Among Medicare Patients With Hypertension : An Observational Study.
Observational study in Annals of internal medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Disparities in Blood Pressure Measurement.Current hypertension reports · 2026Review
- Program cost and return on investment analysis of remote patient monitoring for hypertension management in the cardiology department of a large healthcare system.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2026Article
- Remote Patient Monitoring Adoption for Hypertension Management Among Medicare Beneficiaries.JAMA network open · 2026Observational
- Same goal, different perspectives: Stakeholder views on context for connected care technology implementation in an integrated healthcare system.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2026Article
- Design and Implementation of Observational Studies Emulating a Target Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- The Impact of a Remote Patient Care Program on Health Care Costs and Utilization Among Medicare Patients With Chronic Disease.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2026Article
- Case-Based Lessons on Remote Patient Monitoring in Neurology Using Consumer-Grade Wearables.Journal of central nervous system disease · 2026Article
- Outcomes of Team-Based Digital Monitoring of Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions: Semiparametric Event Study.JMIR cardio · 2025Article
- Digital Pharmacist-Physician Collaborative Care Management of Hypertension for Medicare Patients.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Observational
- National Patterns of Remote Patient Monitoring Service Availability at US Hospitals.Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes · 2025Article
- Remote Physiologic Monitoring Use Among Medicare Patients: Differences By Race, Ethnicity.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2025Article
- Developing and Deploying a Hypertension Remote Patient Monitoring Program 101.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2025Article
- 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2025Review
- Adherence to pharmacological therapy for hypertension in Portugal: a health professionals focus groups study.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Forging a Career in Digital Health Research.Gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Navigating the U.S. regulatory landscape for neurologic digital health technologies.NPJ digital medicine · 2024Article
- Equity in Digital Health: Assessing Access and Utilization of Remote Patient Monitoring, Medical Apps, and Wearables in Underserved Communities.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundRemote patient monitoring (RPM) is a promising tool for improving chronic disease management. Use of RPM for hypertension monitoring is growing rapidly, raising concerns about increased spending. However, the effects of RPM are still unclear.
objectiveTo estimate RPM's effect on hypertension care and spending.
designMatched observational study emulating a longitudinal, cluster randomized trial. After matching, effect estimates were derived from a regression analysis comparing changes in outcomes from 2019 to 2021 for patients with hypertension at high-RPM practices versus those at matched control practices with little RPM use.
settingTraditional Medicare. PATIENTS: Patients with hypertension.
interventionReceipt of care at a high-RPM practice. MEASUREMENTS: Primary outcomes included hypertension medication use (medication fills, adherence, and unique medications received), outpatient visit use, testing and imaging use, hypertension-related acute care use, and total hypertension-related spending.
results192 high-RPM practices (with 19 978 patients with hypertension) were matched to 942 low-RPM control practices (with 95 029 patients with hypertension). Compared with patients with hypertension at matched low-RPM practices, patients with hypertension at high-RPM practices had a 3.3% (95% CI, 1.9% to 4.8%) relative increase in hypertension medication fills, a 1.6% (CI, 0.7% to 2.5%) increase in days' supply, and a 1.3% (CI, 0.2% to 2.4%) increase in unique medications received. Patients at high-RPM practices also had fewer hypertension-related acute care encounters (-9.3% [CI, -20.6% to 2.1%]) and reduced testing use (-5.9% [CI, -11.9% to 0.0%]). However, these patients also saw increases in primary care physician outpatient visits (7.2% [CI, -0.1% to 14.6%]) and a $274 [CI, $165 to $384]) increase in total hypertension-related spending. LIMITATION: Lacked blood pressure data; residual confounding.
conclusionPatients in high-RPM practices had improved hypertension care outcomes but increased spending. PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
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