Journal of medical Internet research
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J. Med. Internet Res. · Dec 2014
Randomized Controlled TrialUse of home telemonitoring to support multidisciplinary care of heart failure patients in Finland: randomized controlled trial.
Heart failure (HF) patients suffer from frequent and repeated hospitalizations, causing a substantial economic burden on society. Hospitalizations can be reduced considerably by better compliance with self-care. Home telemonitoring has the potential to boost patients' compliance with self-care, although the results are still contradictory. ⋯ Home telemonitoring did not reduce the number of patients' HF-related hospital days and did not improve the patients' clinical condition. Patients in the telemonitoring group contacted the Cardiology Outpatient Clinic more frequently, and on this way increased the use of health care resources.