Why the study?
Continuous remote monitoring offers a potential solution for post-discharge patients at risk of short-term deterioration and readmission, but its expected costs and the readmission reduction needed for cost neutrality required assessment.
What is the readmission reduction required to achieve cost neutrality for continuous remote monitoring in post-discharge patients?
What is the readmission reduction required to achieve cost neutrality for continuous remote monitoring in post-discharge patients?
Continuous remote monitoring for post-discharge patients can achieve cost-neutrality if it prevents at least one readmission for every 29 patients monitored.
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Provides economic rationale for remote monitoring post-discharge; leaves open whether required readmission reductions are routinely achievable.
Continuous remote monitoring offers a solution to post-discharge patients at risk of short-term deterioration and readmission. If one readmission is prevented per every 29 patients monitored, the approach has the potential to achieve cost-neutrality. Future studies are needed to validate these estimates and determine whether reductions in readmissions and actual cost savings can be achieved in practice.
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