Study: Savings from Home Monitoring

Health Data Management
January 28, 2009

Remote, home-based physiological monitoring of patients with congestive heart failure can save thousands of dollars per patient per year through fewer hospitalizations, according to a new report.

The New England Healthcare Institute, a Cambridge, Mass.-based independent research firm, has updated a report on remote physiological monitoring it published in 2004. The new data estimates an annual cost of $2,052 per patient for the monitoring technology. Add disease management software to the mix, and that price would go up to $2,802.

Link to Full Article: http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/home_health27647-1.html?ET=healthd…