Remote patient monitoring (RPM), also called homecare telehealth, is a type of ambulatory healthcare that allows a patient to use a mobile medical device to perform a routine test and send the test data to a healthcare professional in real-time.
RPM technology includses daily monitoring devices such as glucose meters for patients with diabetes and heart or blood pressure monitors for patients receiving cardiac care.
Data can be sent to a physician's office by using a special telehealth computer system, by using a special software application installed on the patient's Internet-capable computer, smartphone or tablet PC.