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Telehealth and Medicine Today (THMT) is the international open access peer reviewed journal bringing you high quality,
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Remote Patient Monitoring Effectively Assures Continuity of Care in Asthma Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Christopher March, BS, Kimberly Gandy, MD, PhD, Jos Domen, PhD, Sayyed Hamidi,
MD, MBA, MPH, Ryan Chen, BS, Paul Barach, MD, MPH, Anthony Szema, MD
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30953/thmt.v7.374
Digital health tools have exposed the extraordinary global
need for robust digital solutions.
The objective of this study was to determine the ability of remote patient monitoring (RPM) during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve clinical outcomes and assure continuity of care in patients with asthma. The intervention combined health coaching telephone calls and remote telemonitoring. 102 patients with asthma were enrolled in a telemonitoring protocol at the
beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic at a private, university affiliated, outpatient clinical adult and pediatric allergy/immunology and pulmonary practice. In patients utilizing RPM, there was a reported decrease in shortness of breath episodes and a decreased need for inhalers and medications. Daily engagement in the first three months of the protocol was 61%. In a subset analysis (participants that chose to continue to use the program for at least 14 months), there was a 99.1% compliance
with RPM after 110 patient months.
Why did others discontinue, and how does novel RPM technology positively impact continuity of care, asthma outcomes, quality of life, and self-care?
Read how at DOI: https://doi.org/10.30953/thmt.v7.374
