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Patients and remote patient monitoring
platforms, networks and patient smartphones all potentially forming part of the clinical infrastructure.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, a federal agency within the US Department of Commerce, warns that inadequate security could allow sensitive patient data to be exposed or disrupt monitoring services.
There is also a risk of simply overwhelming clinicians with data. A 2023 systematic review of healthcare professionals’ experiences found that increased workload, driven in part by the volume of RPM data requiring review, was one of the technology’ s key challenges.
Wearables and sensors can generate continuous streams of heart rate, ECG, blood pressure, oxygen saturation and other physiological measurements, creating a volume of information that clinicians cannot realistically review manually.
With this volume of data, AI processing tools may be needed to identify anomalies, detect deterioration and prioritise patients who require attention, potentially shifting RPM from passive observation towards predictive monitoring.
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