Remote Health Monitoring Projected to Cut U.S. Health Care Costs by $197 Billion Over 25 Years

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Strategic Health Care News Remote monitoring could reduce United States health care expenditures by a net of $197 billion over the next 25 years by using remote monitoring to track patients’ vital signs to identify pending health problems more quickly so treatment can be provided sooner and hospitalization rates can be reduced. The savings are projected to come from use to monitor the following conditions: Congestive Heart Failure — $102.5 billion Diabetes — $54.4 billion Chronic Obstruction Pulmonary Disease — $24.1 billion Chronic Skin Ulcers — $16.0 billion These are findings of a study entitled . . .