Table 2.

Overview of benefits of remote patient monitoring interventions for clinical staff.

Theme and description		Studies
Workload and logistics
	Care pathways are standardized More systematic and consistent activities	Brophy [35] McMullen et al [33]
	Reducing the incidence of duplicate documentation	Jansson et al [41]
	Promote collaboration among health care specialists New and appropriate means to hold clinical meetings Patient information can be made accessible to the caregivers involved	Sharif et al [34] Wiadji et al [28]
	Reduce time to reach a clinical decision Shortens face-to-face consultation time Patients are better prepared for the appointment	Ke et al [24] Sharif et al [34]
	Improve sense-making of data Include more sources for analyzing patients’ clinical condition (current state, feedback, and patients’ experience and feeling) Reassuring system based on predefined algorithms for clinical support and suggestions Increased detection of events Real-time monitoring of symptoms over a prolonged period	Jansson et al [41] Ke et al [24] Leppla et al [25] Makhni et al [31] McMullen et al [33] Parkes et al [29] Richards et al [39] Sharif et al [34] Timmerman et al [27]
Health care resources
	Reduce workload	Leppla et al [25] Parkes et al [29]
	Can reduce costs Prevents unnecessary visits and health care use Reduces tests and investigations	Augestad et al [38] Makhni et al [31] Parkes et al [29] Sharif et al [34]
	Increase accessibility More patients can be taken care of More hospitals (eg, rural and remote) can track patients Customizable service (awareness of unique individual challenges)	Augestad et al [38] Brophy [35] Das et al [22] Davoody and Hägglund [23] McMullen et al [33] Timmerman et al [27]
	Allow for a new form of triage for better assessment of patients and resource allocation	Sharif et al [34] Wiadji et al [28]
Patient relationship
	Increase patient satisfaction and convenience	Augestad et al [38] Dunphy et al [36] Parkes et al [29] Sharif et al [34]
	Increase awareness of patient’s daily life	Das et al [22] Davoody and Hägglund [23]