Integrating remote monitoring into heart failure patients’ care regimen: A pilot study

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 11; p. e0242210
• Main Authors: Sohn, Albert, Speier, William, Lan, Esther, Aoki, Kymberly, Fonarow, Gregg C., Ong, Michael K., Arnold, Corey W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 19.11.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Activity trackers; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Balances (scales); Bathrooms; Biology and Life Sciences; Body Weight; Care and treatment; Congestive heart failure; Data collection; Electronic devices; Engineering and Technology; Enrollments; Exercise; Feasibility; Female; Health aspects; Health services; Heart failure; Heart Failure - pathology; Heart rate; Humans; Informed consent; Internal medicine; Male; Medication Adherence; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Middle Aged; Monitoring, Physiologic - methods; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Patient compliance; Patients; Physical activity; Physiologic monitoring; Pilot Projects; Polls & surveys; Remote monitoring; Remote sensors; Research and Analysis Methods; Self care (Health); Self Report; Sensors; Smartphones; Technology application; Telemedicine; Tracking devices; Wearable Electronic Devices; Wireless Technology; Wrist; United States; Los Angeles California; United States > US; California

Around 50% of hospital readmissions due to heart failure are preventable, with lack of adherence to prescribed self-care as a driving factor. Remote tracking and reminders issued by mobile health devices could help to promote self-care, which could potentially reduce these readmissions. We sought to...