Sepsis, Lung Infection Patients See No Benefit From Remote Monitoring

FRIDAY, June 12, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Wearable technology and smartphone communication have enabled hospitals to experiment with releasing patients earlier, remotely monitoring them as they recuperate from home.

This approach has been shown to work for some conditions — heart failure, for example — but a new study indicates remote monitoring might not be as helpful in other serious illnesses.

Seniors treated for sepsis, flu and COVID-19 infections were more likely to require readmission to a hospital when they tried to recuperate at home under remote monitoring, researchers reported June 11 in JAMA Network Open.