Arrhythmias & electrophysiology
Impact of Remote Cardiac Monitoring on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Global Cardiovascular Carbon Footprint Project
Authors' conclusion
RM of patients with a CIED resulted in significant reductions in GHG emissions.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) on remote monitoring (RM), US
- Participants
- 32,811 patients67 device clinics
- Exposure
- Remote monitoring vs conventional monitoring of CIEDs
- Outcome
- Reduction in cost and GHG emissions with RM vs conventional monitoring
- Follow-up
- 2 years
Methodological details67 US device clinics
- 67 US device clinics
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Savings with RM
- Travel miles saved
- 31.7 million
- Travel cost saved
- $3.45 million
- Greenhouse gas (GHG) from gasoline reduced (metric ton)
- 12,518
- Page printouts reduced
- 14.2-million
- Printout cost saved
- $3 million
- GHG from printouts reduced (tons)
- 78
- Workforce efficiency savings
- $3.7 million
- Net saving
- $10.15 million
- Net GHG emissions reduced (tons)
- 12,596
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Impact of Remote Cardiac Monitoring on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Global Cardiovascular Carbon Footprint Project. JACC Adv. Published 3 March 2023. doi:10.
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