6 Remote Patient Monitoring Companies in the News
mHealthIntelligence Amid the growing popularity of remote patient monitoring (RPM) services, several health systems have partnered with companies to launch programs and bring the benefits of RPM to their patients. RPM use skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, with one data analysis showing that RPM claim volume increased by 1,294 percent from January 2019 to November 2022. The data also showed that...
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