By Matt Fisher – So often, healthcare is about the personal connection established between a patient and a physician, another clinician, or general members of the care team. At least, that is what the ideal scenario may look like, leaving aside the current realities of insufficient time, interferences, and other issues demanding attention.
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By Graham Brown MPH – Remote Patient Monitoring has advanced providers’ ability to track and manage patients in nontraditional settings by using digital technologies to collect and transmit data from the patient to their provider team for monitoring, assessment, or recommendations.
By Monica Bolbjerg MD – The embrace of telehealth during the COVID-19 response marked a tipping point in U.S. healthcare. The public health crisis ushered in long-awaited regulatory and financial support for virtual encounters, significantly accelerating the pace of digital health adoption.
By Jiang Li – The collective experience of the 2020 pandemic is driving change across multiple aspects of our daily lives, from remote work to distance learning, and telemedicine. As the world begins to gain perspective on the lasting effects of COVID-19, healthcare is one of the sectors poised for significant change.
By Matt Fisher – Remote patient (or physiologic per Medicare) monitoring is an area of telehealth receiving a fair amount of attention. The basic premise of RPM is to record and obtain physiologic data about in an individual in their daily life that is then fed to the care team, which in turn enables management of an identified condition.
By Matt Fisher – Remote patient monitoring is a form of telehealth receiving increasing attention and focus as a means of improving overall patient health and engagement. As a starting point though, what is remote patient monitoring?
By Matt Fisher – Terms that emerge together in healthcare can often be thrown around interchangeably without fully appreciating the differences and nuances between each of the terms. Equating concepts in this way (consider electronic medical record and electronic health record, they are different) leads to confusion inside and outside of the industry.
By Bill Paschall – The FCC announced $249.95M in new funding for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, with costs covered up to 12 months. The good news is RPM platforms and services are eligible for funding.
By Matt Fisher – When access to in-person healthcare service shutdown almost completely during the pandemic, the impact of remote patient monitoring, or remote patient engagement, was thrust to the fore. The positive effects have started to gain momentum as well with more evidence as to the actual health benefits.