Telemonitoring has transformative potential - held back by data security, hospital integration, and vendor lock-in
Remote patient monitoring promises to transform care: patients monitored continuously at home, clinicians alerted to critical changes before they become emergencies, hospital resources freed for acute cases. But adoption has been slow. Data security and GDPR compliance are unresolved. Hospital information system integration is complex. Vendor lock-in on sensors creates unsustainable costs. And patients need to trust that their most sensitive data - continuous health readings - is handled with the rigour of a banking system.