How can you choose the best remote patient monitoring device for your medical practice?

Gotta know what your folks need before jumping into all those RPM gadgets. If you're treating chronic conditions like diabetes or hypertension, make sure those devices are top-notch at tracking blood sugar and BP. It's all about aligning tech with your care goals—no point in grabbing gear that won't fit the bill. Keep it sharp and focused!

Just first check, that it is a certifiied medical device, secondly how they handle data privacy, thridly how you as a doctor can easily access the data, and how usable it is for your patients. Nowadays a smart watch can do very good things in cardiology!

Integrated monitoring tools and equipment such as bluetooth devices that sync directly to the system and take the onus off the patient to manually input into the system. These are ‘the dream’. It can be costly and time consuming managing the associated equipment if it’s something you need to source separately to the digital RPM solution. If the RPM system provider can supply the full RPM kit needed including servicing, loan and collection, this would be ideal.

It is important how well the RPM device was rated in vendor neutral studies and how the usability was accessed by patients and HCPs. The last question should be, why you need an RPM device and how you can access the data easily?

The GDPR compliance is even higher and from country to country differently adapted to local European laws. You often need to work on a consent base and have a data processing agreement in place.

Die Datensicherheit muss gew?hrleistet sein. Es muss DGSVO konform sein. Der Zugriff muss streng geregelt. Dürfen Daten vermodert werden, wenn ja, wie und wie sieht dann das Protokoll aus?

Systems integration is a huge benefit if it can be achieved. The lack of integration causes a lot of duplication and can contribute to a lack of buy in from the people you need to sell the service to. If they can’t gain easy access to the data being collected in the RPM system it’s very likely they disengage. The ideal is always to have the RPM system feed directly into the patient records. Working with a UK community nursing led virtual ward I come across this on a regular basis when we are ‘selling the service’ to our colleagues in the acute setting.

In Germany or even Europe this is really hard to find. the clinical information systems are not as open as Epic. You need to find an easy way to access the data, keep it stored savely for compliance issues but propably will have it disconnected to your clinical information system, which is only an reimbursement system.

Die Integration in die Praxissoftware sollte m?glich sein, ist aber kein Muss. Das Programm sollte einfach zu bedienen sein. Eine übersichtliche Arbeitsoberfl?che sollte vorhanden sein.

Always keep in mind, in the end patient will always contact you first. Especially older patients will not search in forums or on youtube to find solutions by themselves. Be ready to still be the helping hand or try to outsource this.

Very important to have reliable support services. Not only with the technical aspect but also with any equipment needed for the monitoring. The more you can free up the clinical team from these burdens the better engagement you will achieve. Also - for community based RPM services such as the virtual ward I work with, the collection of equipment after patient discharge can prove time consuming and very costly if not well managed. If the RPM service provider can offer manage of this element it would be a huge bonus.

Eine gute Schulung ist ein Muss! Sie sollte m?glichst alle Grundlagen umfassen und auch einige spezielle Features enthalten. Der Support sollte 24/7 erreichbar sein. Das ist h?ufig l?ngst nicht der Fall.