Zeitgespräch; Remote Patient Monitoring – Ein Blick über den Atlantik und was wir von den USA lernen können

Linea Schmidt; Anastasios Mastroanastasiou; Ariel Dora Stern

doi:10.2478/wd-2025-0127

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Zeitgespräch; Remote Patient Monitoring – Ein Blick über den Atlantik und was wir von den USA lernen können

Wirtschaftsdienst

Volume 105 (2025): Issue 7 (July 2025)

By: Linea Schmidt, Anastasios Mastroanastasiou and Ariel Dora Stern

Open Access

|Jul 2025

Abstract

Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) enables the digital monitoring of chronically ill patients in their home environments and is becoming increasingly important due to the shortage of skilled labour and demographic change. In Germany, RPM is currently primarily reimbursable for heart failure, while the USA is already showing a broader range of applications and greater involvement of pharmacies. Studies have shown positive effects on clinical outcomes and care efficiency. For Germany, the linking of real-world data with billing and clinical data offers the opportunity for a well-founded evaluation of the medical and economic benefits of RPM.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2025-0127 | Journal eISSN: 1613-978X | Journal ISSN: 0043-6275

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Language: German

Page range: 488 - 490

Published on: Jul 25, 2025

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