The Effect of Rehospitalization and Emergency Department Visits on Subsequent Adherence to Weight Telemonitoring.

CONCLUSIONS: Experiencing a rehospitalization had the effect of diminishing adherence to daily weighing. Providers using telemonitoring to monitor decompensation and manage medications should take advantage of the potential "teachable moment" during hospitalization to reinforce the importance of adherence.
PMID: 32398500 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - May 7, 2020 Category: Nursing Authors: Haynes SC, Tancredi DJ, Tong K, Hoch JS, Ong MK, Ganiats TG, Evangelista LS, Black JT, Auerbach A, Romano PS, Better Effectiveness After Transition–Heart Failure (BEAT-HF) Research Group Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research