Remote Monitoring Pilot Reduces 30-Day Readmission Rates By 75%

A pilot program that used a remote monitoring device for people discharged following hospitalization for congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or both found that the 30-day readmission rate for these patients was 75% lower than the national average. The pilot program included 200 participants, half used the remote monitoring device in addition to usual care and half received only usual care as a control group. The intervention group had a five percent readmission rate; the control group had a 20% readmission rate, which is the national average. The outcomes were reported by the Central Indiana Beacon Community . . .