Definitions & Key Components: Telemonitoring

2. Key components of Telemedicine

2.3. Telemonitoring

Telemonitoring is the remote monitoring of patients, including “the use of audio, video, and other telecommunications and electronic information processing technologies to monitor patient status at a distance”(Meystre, 2005).

Examples:

Cardiovascular: Heart rate, Fetal Heart rate, Blood pressure, ECG, Pacemaker parameters
Hematologic: Coagulation (INR)
Respiratory: Pulse oximetry, Spirometry, Respiratory rate, CO2 production, O2 consumption
Neurologic: EEG, EMG, Intracranial pressure

Metabolic: Body weight, Basal metabolic rate, Blood glucose, Blood lactate, Blood ethanol, Diet, Physical activity, Temperature