Masimo: SafetyNet RPM reduces readmission and ED visits post surgery

Masimo announced the findings of a prospective study published in the Journal of Orthopaedics in which Dr. Michael DeRogatis and colleagues at St. Luke’s University Health Network SLUHN in Pennsylvania, joined by researchers at several additional institutions, evaluated the impact of remote patient monitoringor RPM, using Masimo SafetyNet and a hospital’s virtual response center VRC on 30-day readmission rates for patients undergoing acute postoperative recovery after total joint arthroplasty TJA . Masimo SafetyNet, a remote patient management and telehealth platform, pairs with a variety of Masimo and third-party devices to seamlessly transmit home-based patient data to hospital clinicians. The researchers found that patients who were remotely monitored after being discharged had significantly lower rates of hospital readmission and ED visits. They concluded, “Remote home monitoring with a virtual response team after outpatient TJA is a feasible way to mitigate readmissions in the acute postoperative period and increase patient satisfaction.” …The authors concluded, “As total joint replacements are increasingly being performed in the outpatient setting, postoperative patient monitoring from home is a feasible way to help mitigate readmissions in the postoperative period. The utility of a virtual response center would be to identify, in real time, certain patient metrics that could indicate potential complications and ultimately allow for more timely intervention that may prevent morbidity and readmissions. Efforts to minimize costs should not be implemented at the expense of patients’ health outcomes with a goal to find an appropriate balance between both agendas.”1 Masimo SafetyNet is not intended to be used for real-time monitoring.