A Cochrane review has found that structured telephone support and non-invasive telemonitoring of people with heart failure living at home can reduce mortality and hospitalisations, can improve quality of life and is well accepted by patients.

The review, led by Sally Inglis, an associate professor at the Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), looked at 41 studies of either structured telephone support or non-invasive home telemonitoring for people with heart failure, of which 17 were new and 24 had been included in the previous Cochrane review.