Key result
Remote monitoring of therapeutic cardiac devices required 9.4-13.5 minutes of staff time per transmission, compared to 37.8-51.0 minutes for an in-person clinic visit.
Why the study?
The growing number of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices creates substantial clinic workload, requiring characterization of workflow and quantification of staff time requirements.
Population
276 in-person visits and 2173 remote monitoring activities across 11 US and European CIED clinics
Comparison
Remote device transmission review vs in-person clinic visits
Design
Multicenter time and motion workflow evaluation
Follow-up
1 business week of observation at each clinic
Authors
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Remote monitoring may reduce staff time for CIED follow-up; hypothesis-generating for workflow optimization in prospective studies.
Observational
Yes
Managing CIED patients requires significant staff time, with in-person visits taking roughly 40-50 minutes and remote transmissions taking 9-13 minutes, highlighting the need for workflow efficiency.
Seiler et al. (2021) conducted an observational in Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) management. Remote device transmission review vs. In-person clinic visit was evaluated on Mean cumulative staff time required to review a remote device transmission and an in-person clinic visit. Remote monitoring of therapeutic cardiac devices required 9.4-13.5 minutes of staff time per transmission, compared to 37.8-51.0 minutes for an in-person clinic visit.
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