A home ECG and BP monitoring network utilizing public telephone networks demonstrated acceptable efficiency and effectiveness in a preliminary 2-month evaluation.
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User acceptance of telephone-based home ECG/BP monitoring supports feasibility testing; leaves open clinical outcome impact in controlled trials.
A home electrocardiography (ECG) and blood pressure (BP) monitoring network was established in Beijing. The network consisted of three parts: (1) the home ECG and BP monitoring devices; (2) the monitoring centre at the hospital; and (3) the data communication network, for which we chose the public telephone network. The system was tested in our university hospital for two months with 30 patients and six normal volunteers. A preliminary evaluation by the users indicated that the system was acceptable in terms of its efficiency and effectiveness. This paper describes the system design, the preliminary testing procedure, and results.
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