Frontiers in Endocrinology: Remote Patient Monitoring Program for Diabetes The prevalence of diabetes continues to rise in the United States along with a shortage of endocrinologists. One proposed solution to this challenge is to deliver more specialty health care services through remote patient monitoring (RPM). In an RPM program for diabetes care at the [...]
Ohio State University: Most Patients Use Devices to Self-Monitor Their Heart Health Advances in technology have made it increasingly easier for people to self-monitor their heart health whether it’s via a smart device on their wrist or finger or a blood pressure monitor. However, a national survey commissioned by the Ohio State University Wexner [...]
Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC): Maximizing the Value of Remote Patient Monitoring The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released a health explainer, which offered evidence-based strategies to maximize the value of remote patient monitoring, a digital service that transmits patients’ at-home data to health care providers. The explainer recommends policymakers to focus on four key areas: [...]
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG): Additional Oversight of Remote Patient Monitoring in Medicare is Needed HHS OIG released a report, examining RPM in Medicare. HHS OIG found: The use of remote patient monitoring in Medicare increased dramatically from 2019 to 2022. About 43 percent of enrollees who [...]
Cadence: Cadence and Lifepoint: Remote Monitoring Shows Promise to Drive Better Health for Rural Patients Remote physiologic monitoring company Cadence released data showing that rural patients at Lifepoint Health clinics who took part in Cadence's Type 2 diabetes and hypertension programs had better outcomes than their urban counterparts. The data show that 10% more [...]
Office of eHealth Innovation of Colorado: Remote Access: Assessing Telehealth Attitudes and Usage in Northwest Colorado The Office of eHealth Innovation (OeHI), located within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, in partnership with Connected Nation (CN), released a new telehealth report titled "Remote access, remote impacts: Assessing telehealth attitudes and usage in northwest Colorado." OeHI [...]
The Permanente Journal: The Impact of Digital Health Solutions on Bridging the Health Care Gap in Rural Areas Digital health tools can improve health care access and outcomes for individuals with limited access to health care, particularly those residing in rural areas. This review highlighted advantages and barriers of digital health interventions in rural [...]
Cureus: Telemedicine in Cardiology: Enhancing Access to Care and Improving Patient Outcomes In the United States, telemedicine has significantly impacted cardiology, particularly at-home monitoring programs, which have proven highly effective for patients with abnormal heart rhythms. At institutions, like New York University (NYU) Langone Health, telemedicine has facilitated cardiac rehabilitation and improved access to specialized [...]
JAMA Network Open: Navigating Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring—The Devil Is in the Details In this invited commentary, authors respond to Mehta et al, which compared the effectiveness of remote patient monitoring of blood pressure and medication adherence reminders. The authors applauded the study’s strengths, but emphasized the importance of adding implementation context. The authors [...]
New England Journal of Medicine: Key Issues as Wearable Digital Health Technologies Enter Clinical Care Wearable digital health technologies (DHTs) offer the potential to affect health care by making behavioral and physiological patterns in daily life outside the clinic visible to patients and medical professionals. The evidentiary basis for the broad clinical effect of [...]