Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG): Additional Oversight of Remote Patient Monitoring in Medicare is Needed

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 [...]

2025-04-06T21:00:07-04:00September 24th, 2024|

Cadence: Cadence and Lifepoint: Remote Monitoring Shows Promise to Drive Better Health for Rural Patients

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 [...]

2025-04-06T20:52:51-04:00September 11th, 2024|

Office of eHealth Innovation of Colorado: Remote Access: Assessing Telehealth Attitudes and Usage in Northwest Colorado

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 [...]

2025-04-06T20:19:27-04:00August 14th, 2024|

The Permanente Journal: The Impact of Digital Health Solutions on Bridging the Health Care Gap in Rural Areas

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 [...]

2025-04-06T20:21:27-04:00August 13th, 2024|

Cureus: Telemedicine in Cardiology: Enhancing Access to Care and Improving Patient Outcomes

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 [...]

2025-04-06T18:23:14-04:00June 20th, 2024|

JAMA Network Open: Navigating Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring—The Devil Is in the Details

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 [...]

2025-03-11T11:23:25-04:00June 3rd, 2024|

New England Journal of Medicine: Key Issues as Wearable Digital Health Technologies Enter Clinical Care

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 [...]

2024-09-05T15:30:10-04:00March 20th, 2024|

American Journal of Managed Care: Scaling Care Coordination Through Digital Engagement: Stepped-Wedge Trial Assessing Readmissions

American Journal of Managed Care: Scaling Care Coordination Through Digital Engagement: Stepped-Wedge Trial Assessing Readmissions Transitions of care represent a pivotal time period for patients as they are discharged from the hospital to a home setting. This study examined the usage of postdischarge digital engagement (PDDE) to engage patients during this traditionally risky time period. [...]

2024-09-05T15:40:17-04:00February 14th, 2024|

Digital Tools in Cancer Care

Association of Community Cancer Centers: Digital Tools in Cancer Care The Association of Community Cancer Centers conducted a survey, which found that providers, patients, and caregivers were willing to utilize digital, remote patient-monitoring (RPM) tools to report symptoms throughout anti-cancer treatments. Key survey results found more than half (60 percent) of providers who implemented an RPM program said [...]

2023-06-05T15:35:04-04:00May 23rd, 2023|
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