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What Is Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)? An Expert Guide

Margaret Lindquist / April 1, 2025

The World Health Organization identifies remote patient monitoring as one of a handful of healthcare delivery models with the potential to vastly improve global health outcomes. By monitoring patients’ chronic and acute medical conditions using smart devices, RPM can improve medical diagnoses and treatment decisions and help patients manage their own care.

RPM is also the foundation of virtual, home-based clinical trials. Because such trials are more convenient for participants, they have the potential to expand recruitment diversity, improve patient adherence to trial protocols, and speed up the delivery of trial results.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US government loosened restrictions so providers could more easily offer remote care across state lines. It