Acute Patients Embrace At-Home Monitoring, Emphasizing Device Comfort and Ease of Use as Driving Adoption

Acute Patients Embrace At-Home Monitoring, Emphasizing Device Comfort and Ease of Use as Driving Adoption

PR Newswire

CAMPBELL, Calif., June 4, 2026

Vivalink's latest survey highlights key drivers for patient compliance and retention in acute remote care programsNew Vivalink survey finds acute patients recovering from conditions like cardiac disease and cancer are increasingly comfortable with hospital-at-home care and wearable remote monitoring technologies, validating the patient compliance needed to sustain and scale these programs.Survey results highlight that device comfort and ease of use are critical to patient compliance, with more than half of respondents citing physical discomfort or skin irritation as the top reason they would stop using a wearable monitoring device.Patients emphasized the importance of active clinical involvement in remote care, with 42% citing real-time provider oversight and 42% citing automatic clinician alerts as essential factors for trust and participation in hospital-at-home programs.CAMPBELL, Calif., June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivalink, a leading provider of digital healthcare solutions, today published new data examining patient sentiment around acute care at home and remote patient monitoring (RPM). As hospital-at-home programs continue to expand following Congress' recent extension of the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCaH) waiver through late 2030, the findings highlight growing patient readiness for home-based recovery supported by wearable monitoring technology.