Which types of data are important for clinical decision-making; which data are worth monitoring?
Given advances in engineering, computers, and miniaturization, we can monitor a myriad of bodily functions and collect endless patient data. Such monitoring and data collection can create an information overload. The key is to determine what parameters and clinical information is significant to measuring health status and quality of life. The information collected should be clearly integrated into the health care decision-making process for individuals. A-2: Which clinical services are appropriately and effectively delivered via home health technologies versus in person? If we fail to answer this question, we run the risk of: (1) substituting technology too often or inappropriately for in-person care, thereby compromising the quality of services received; or (2) substituting technology too little, thereby losing the opportunity to gain efficiencies in our health care system, or missing an opportunity to more effectively monitor patients, thereby compromising the quality of services tha
