Hansen Dianne, Golbeck Amanda L, Noblitt Valerie, Pinsonneault Julie, Christner Janie
In Home Care, Missoula, Montana, USA.
Home Healthc Nurse. 2011 Jun;29(6):375-82. doi: 10.1097/NHH.0b013e31821b736f.
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine costs and implementation factors associated with development of telemonitoring programs in eight rural home health agencies. although the telemonitoring group (n = 1,513) averaged fewer visits per episode than the control group (n = 1,573), cost analysis data, including labor, travel, and equipment costs, failed to support the hypothesis that decreased utilization of skilled nursing visits alone could offset the costs of the telemonitoring technology. this study indicates that agencies must achieve savings through improved outcome performance to offset telemonitoring expenses.
这项定量研究的目的是考察八家农村家庭健康机构中与远程监测项目开发相关的成本和实施因素。尽管远程监测组（n = 1513）每次疗程的平均访视次数少于对照组（n = 1573），但包括劳动力、差旅费和设备成本在内的成本分析数据未能支持仅通过减少熟练护理访视的使用就能抵消远程监测技术成本这一假设。这项研究表明，各机构必须通过改善结果表现来实现成本节约，以抵消远程监测费用。
