Home Telemonitoring and a Diagnostic Algorithm in the Management of Heart Failure in the Netherlands: Cost-effectiveness Analysis

• Published in: JMIR cardio Vol. 6; no. 2; p. e31302
• Main Authors: Albuquerque de Almeida, Fernando, Corro Ramos, Isaac, Al, Maiwenn, Rutten-van Mölken, Maureen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada JMIR Publications 04.08.2022
• Subjects: Algorithms; Blood pressure; Cardiac arrhythmia; Chronic illnesses; Communications technology; Cost analysis; COVID-19; Disease; Enzymes; Heart failure; Heart rate; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Medical diagnosis; Mortality; Older people; Original Paper; Patients; Primary care; Sensitivity analysis; Trends; Netherlands; diagnostic algorithm; cost-effectiveness; heart failure; home telemonitoring; discrete event simulation; early warning systems

Heart failure is a major health concern associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and reduced quality of life in patients. Home telemonitoring (HTM) facilitates frequent or continuous assessment of disease signs and symptoms, and it has shown to improve compliance by involving patients in th...