Often abbreviated as RPM (and sometimes known as remote patient management), remote patient monitoring is a method of healthcare delivery that uses the latest advances in information technology to gather patient data outside of traditional healthcare settings.

The diverse applications of RPM lead to numerous variations of RPM technology architecture. However, most RPM technologies follow a general architecture that consists of four components.

Sensors on a device that is enabled by wireless communications to measure physiological parameters. Local data storage at patients’ site that interfaces between sensors and other centralized data repository and/or healthcare providers. Centralized repository to store data sent from sensors, local data storage, diagnostic applications, and/or healthcare providers. Diagnostic application software that develops treatment recommendations and intervention alerts based on the analysis of collected data.