Erschienen in:
14.05.2019 | Concise Research Reports
Smartphone-Based Remote Health Monitoring—Implications for Healthcare Delivery in Patients with Cirrhosis
verfasst von:
Jordan Sack, MD, Nikroo Hashemi, MD MPH
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 12/2019
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Excerpt
Cirrhosis is a leading cause of morbidity, hospitalization, and readmissions in the United States, which drive healthcare costs and increase mortality.
1, 2 Healthcare delivery for these patients is often fragmented and inadequate.
3 As patients with cirrhosis may be hospitalized with complications that have premonitory warning signs, smartphone-based remote health monitoring may allow for earlier detection of physiological abnormalities to reduce hospitalizations and to improve long-term outcomes.
4‐6 Our prospective study aims to investigate the prevalence of smartphone use among patients with decompensated cirrhosis and how they relate to clinical, demographic, and social characteristics. …