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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is a technology to enable monitoring of patients outside of conventional clinical settings, such as in the home or in a remote area, which may increase access to care and decrease healthcare delivery costs.
Monitoring can be classified by the target of interest, including: Cardiac monitoring, which generally refers to continuous electrocardiography with assessment of the patient's condition relative to their cardiac rhythm. A small monitor worn by an ambulatory patient for this purpose is known as a Holter monitor.
Cardiac monitoring generally refers to continuous or intermittent monitoring of heart activity to assess a patient's condition relative to their cardiac rhythm. Cardiac monitoring is usually carried out using electrocardiography, which is a noninvasive process that records the heart's electrical activity and displays it in an electrocardiogram. [1]
Such systems are part of an overall information system and may interact with the person's electronic health record, [1] where information specific to the person is stored, the system used by radiology departments to track patients as well as the system storing medical images, the pathology laboratory information management system, as well as ...
Telehealth is the distribution of health-related services and information via electronic information and telecommunication technologies. [1] It allows long-distance patient and clinician contact, care, advice, reminders, education, intervention, monitoring, and remote admissions.
These allow for continuous monitoring of a patient, with medical staff being continuously informed of the changes in the general condition of a patient. While monitoring has traditionally been done by nurses and doctors, a number of companies are developing devices that can be used by consumers themselves.
Remote monitoring, also known as self-monitoring or testing, enables medical professionals to monitor a patient remotely using various technological devices. This method is primarily used for managing chronic diseases or specific conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes mellitus, or asthma.
Fetal monitoring in childbirth; Heart rate monitoring; Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring; Monitoring in clinical trials, oversight and administrative efforts that monitor a participant's health during a clinical trial; Self-monitoring, a psychological term meaning awareness of what one knows