Politico | October 28, 2016 Excerpt: Krista Drobac, of the Alliance for Connected Care, also shared tempered enthusiasm about a “great first step” given the constraints Senate Finance staff faced. She vowed to bring more information on savings — we’re assuming this is another reference to the CBO-inspired budget doubts about telemedicine. Read Here
Telemonitoring Reduced Costs and Inpatient Visitation Rates for Patients with Advanced Cardiovascular Disease: A Matched Cohort Study Telemonitoring Reduced Costs and in-Patient Visitation Rates for Patients with Advanced Cardiovascularddisease Introduction: Reducing the cost of care of patients with cardiovascular disease is an important target for integrated health systems. Managing these patients is difficult and costly, with [...]
ArkansasOnline | June 24, 2016 Excerpt: The forum was moderated by Krista Drobac, director of the Alliance for Connected Care, a Washington, D.C., group that advocates for coverage of telemedicine by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers. Read Here
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Does telemedicine improve treatment outcomes for diabetes? A meta-analysis of results from 55 randomized controlled trials Aims: To assess the overall effect of telemedicine on diabetes management and to identify features of telemedicine interventions that are associated with better diabetes management outcomes. Methods: Hedges's g was estimated as the summary measure of mean difference in HbA1c between [...]
The most consistent benefit has been reported when telehealth is used for communication and counseling or remote monitoring in chronic conditions such as cardiovascular and respiratory disease, with improvements in outcomes such as mortality, quality of life, and reductions in hospital admissions.
This past week was big for telemedicine in public programs. Both telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) are proven tools in the commercial marketplace, but reimbursement restrictions have made adoption in Medicare and Medicaid pretty close to non-existent. It is still essential to pass legislation to fix outdated legal barriers in these programs. However, the [...]
Effectiveness of Remote Patient Monitoring After Discharge of Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure: The Better Effectiveness After Transition -- Heart Failure (BEAT-HF) Randomized Clinical Trial Importance: It remains unclear whether telemonitoring approaches provide benefits for patients with heart failure (HF) after hospitalization. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a care transition intervention using remote patient monitoring in [...]