Benefits and Challenges of Remote Patient Monitoring as Perceived by Health Care Practitioners: A Systematic Review
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BACKGROUND: Remote patient monitoring (RPM), or telemonitoring, offers ways for health care practitioners to gather real-time information on the physiological conditions of patients. As telemedicine, and thus telemonitoring, is becoming increasingly relevant in today's society, understanding the practitioners' opinions is crucial. This systematic review evaluates the perspectives and experiences of health care practitioners with telemonitoring technologies. METHODS: A database search was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines for the selection of articles measuring health care practitioners' perspectives and experiences with RPM technologies published between 2017 and 2021. Only articles written in English were included. No statistical analysis was performed and thus this is a qualitative review. RESULTS: A total of 1605 studies were identified after the initial search. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria of this review's authors, 13 articles were included in this review. In all, 2351 practitioners' perspectives and experience utilizing RPM technology in a variety of medical specialties were evaluated through close- and open-ended surveys. Recurring themes emerged for both the benefits and challenges. Common benefits included continuous monitoring of patients to provide prompt care, improvement of patient self-care, efficient communication, increased patient confidence, visualization of health trends, and greater patient education. Challenges comprised increased workload, higher patient anxiety, data inaccuracy, disorienting technology, financial issues, and privacy concerns. CONCLUSION: Health care practitioners generally believe that RPM is feasible for application. Additionally, there is a consensus that telemonitoring strategies will become increasingly relevant. However, there are still drawbacks to the technology that need to be considered.
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- Authors
- Serrano, L. P., Maita, K. C., Avila, F. R., Torres-Guzman, R. A., Garcia, J. P., Eldaly, A. S., Haider, C. R., Felton, C. L., Paulson, M. R., Maniaci, M. J., & Forte, A. J.
- Affiliations
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Division of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
- Corresponding author
- Forte, Antonio J
- ORCID
- Venue
- The Permanente Journal
- Publisher
- The Permanente Federation
- Published
- 2023-12-15
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 100-111
- ISSN
- 1552-5767 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-5775
- PMC
- PMC10730976
- OpenAlex
- W4386944178
- Cited by
- 162
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 66 · 2025: 71 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 41.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Social Sciences › Demography › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Keywords
- remote patient monitoring, telemedicine, continuous patient monitoring, patient self-care, patient anxiety, data accuracy, privacy concerns, patient education
- MeSH terms
- Delivery of Health Care, Humans, Monitoring, Physiologic, Telemedicine
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