RPM Adoption – Interest & Impediments

Last week, we covered where remote patient monitoring (RPM) is lowering costs (see Consumer Health Monitoring For Lower Costs all members), and some of the new RPM technologies on the market (see Consider The Broad Range Of New RPM Technologies all members). How common are these technologies in actual practice? A recent study found that 55% of organizations (including stand-alone community hospitals, home health agencies, payers, and multihospital delivery systems) had either adopted, or were investigating a future adoption of RPM technology (see 55% Of ACOs Use Remote Patient Monitoring Technology).

But there is a big gap between "adopted . . .