Health Care Trends: The Future of Remote Monitoring

Executive Summary

A new report finds the US health care system could reduce costs by nearly $200 billion during the next 25 years if remote monitoring tools were utilized much more widely. These conclusions come from Robert Litan, PhD, an economist who analyzed data from a remote monitoring program at the Veterans Administration, as well as other smaller programs, and extrapolated the findings to show how much money health care could save annually if the proper remote monitoring tools were used. We interview Litan in this issue.