Chronic Disease Management

How an FQHC is Using RPM to Care for its High-Risk Patient Population

February 27, 2024 - A trenchant problem in efforts to advance virtual care utilization is that patients who would benefit the most from these technologies are often unable to access them. To address this issue, rural healthcare providers, including community health facilities and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) that typically cater to more vulnerable populations, are entering partnerships to...


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Amid Rise in Hypertension-Related Telehealth, Racial Gaps Persist

by Anuja Vaidya

Medicaid beneficiaries across racial and ethnic groups increased their use of telehealth to manage hypertension during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the increase in use was lower among Black patients than...

Which Emerging Virtual Care Companies are Top-of-Mind for Health Orgs?

by Anuja Vaidya

Virtual care remains a vital area of interest and investment for healthcare stakeholders. Supported by technologies like telehealth platforms, remote patient monitoring (RPM) tools, and virtual sitting solutions, virtual care strategies...

Palliative Care via Audio-Only Telehealth Boosts Quality of Life  

by Anuja Vaidya

A team providing palliative care via audio-only telehealth helped improve the quality of life for adults with chronic conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failure, and...

Amazon Enables Digital Health Benefits Check for Chronic Conditions

by Anuja Vaidya

Amazon has taken its next step into healthcare, launching a new initiative to help connect healthcare consumers with digital health benefits for chronic conditions available through their employer or...

Psychiatrists’ Telehealth Use ‘Well Above’ Other Specialists

by Anuja Vaidya

Psychiatrists were the top users of telehealth in 2022, with 83 percent saying they had conducted a video visit the week prior in an American Medical Association (AMA) survey. The AMA released a...

Understanding Asynchronous Telehealth’s Benefits and Barriers to Use

by Anuja Vaidya

With the unprecedented rise in telehealth utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic, it became increasingly clear that it was not a passing phase. Though usage rates have dropped since the pandemic’s peak, telehealth has become...

73% of Healthcare Execs Say RPM Programs Deliver ROI

by Anuja Vaidya

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) programs are yielding a positive return on investment even though many of these programs were implemented less than two years ago, a new survey shows. Commissioned by...

How Connected Health Tech Bolsters Chronic Care, Behavioral Health

by Anuja Vaidya

Connected healthcare technologies are transforming care delivery, patient outcomes, and provider workflows, particularly in the chronic disease management and behavioral healthcare arenas. The adoption and use of these technologies,...

Evernorth Adds Asynchronous Telehealth Options to MDLIVE

by Anuja Vaidya

Cigna’s pharmacy, care, and benefits solution division Evernorth Health Services is acquiring Bright.md, adding asynchronous telehealth, triage, and care navigation services to its MDLIVE virtual...

mHealth Strategy Improves Diabetes Outcomes Among Black, Latino Patients

by Anuja Vaidya

An mHealth intervention delivered by clinical pharmacists and health coaches helped improve blood glucose levels among Black and Latino adults with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Published...

How Best Buy’s Geek Squad is Boosting RPM Tech Support at Geisinger

by Anuja Vaidya

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is changing the face of chronic disease management as we know it. Clinicians no longer have to depend on inconsistent and potentially inaccurate data on patients with chronic conditions, as RPM can enable...

Wearable Devices Can Help Track ALS Disease Progression

by Anuja Vaidya

Wearable sensors can help clinicians measure gross and fine motor function in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) from data collected in their homes, according to new research. Conducted...

Adults With High Heart Disease Risk Less Likely to Use mHealth Devices

by Anuja Vaidya

While 42 percent of Americans with or at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) use their smart mHealth devices to track health goals, those at higher risk of developing the disease are less likely to...

Scaling an RPM Program to Enhance Chronic Disease Management

by Anuja Vaidya

As healthcare provider organizations see the positive clinical results associated with remote patient monitoring (RPM) programs, many are working to scale the services to reach a wider swath of their patient population. There is mounting...

Understanding the RPM Market: Where It’s At & Where It’s Going

by Anuja Vaidya

The remote patient monitoring (RPM) market has evolved rapidly since 2020, spurred by in-person restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last few years, many companies have attempted to stake their claim in the RPM...

Exploring RPM Benefits & Barriers, From Population Health to Payment

by Anuja Vaidya

With healthcare moving increasingly outside the four walls of the hospital, remote patient monitoring (RPM) tools are becoming indispensable. How hospitals employ these tools are diverse, from chronic disease management to providing...

How Providence is Leveraging RPM to Alleviate Clinician Burnout

by Anuja Vaidya

Evidence that remote patient monitoring (RPM) can enhance healthcare delivery and improve patient outcomes is growing. But, if these services are not implemented effectively, they can exacerbate an ongoing and pervasive problem in...

Symptom Tracking a Top Benefit of RPM Use in Cancer Care

by Anuja Vaidya

Most cancer physicians, patients, and caregivers view symptom-tracking capabilities as a top benefit of using remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies in oncology, according to a recent...

Partnership to Expand Remote Patient Monitoring Services to MS Patients

by Mark Melchionna

In collaboration with AMC Health, the University Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) is adding remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies to care for chronic conditions with the goal of lowering costs,...

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