If home telemonitoring reduces mortality in heart failure, is this just due to better guideline-based treatment?

Conclusion: Patients who choose HTM have a better prognosis than those who do not but this does not appear to be mediated through greater prescription of key HF medications.

Source: Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare - September 2, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dierckx, R., Cleland, J. G., Pellicori, P., Zhang, J., Goode, K., Putzu, P., Boyalla, V., Clark, A. L. Tags: RESEARCH/Original Articles Source Type: research