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Background: Remote monitoring of the clinical status of heart failure patients has developed rapidly and is the subject of several trials. Patient satisfaction is an important outcome and is recommended by the FDA to use in clinical research. Therefore, it should be included in studies concerning remote monitoring. Patient satisfaction with telemedicine is a multi-dimensional concept and has to be measured with standardised and validated measurement tools.
Kraai et al. (Fri,) studied this question.