Chronic Disease

Partnership Aims to Enhance Remote Examination Capabilities

by Mark Melchionna

Overlake Medical Center and Clinics recently partnered with virtual care company TytoCare to add remote examination devices with the aim of improving virtual care capabilities and healthcare...

TN Hospital Operator Launches Remote Patient Monitoring Program

by Mark Melchionna

A collaboration between Cadence and Ardent Health Services will add a remote patient monitoring (RPM) program to Ardent’s facilities across six states, allowing patients to obtain remote care for...

FL Health System to Provide Remote Patient Monitoring for Chronic Care

by Mark Melchionna

With the goal of improving chronic care outcomes, Tampa General Hospital (TGH) has partnered with Stel Life to add remote patient monitoring (RPM) tools to treat conditions such as chronic obstructive...

CA Health System Launches RPM Program to Reduce Hospital Readmissions

by Mark Melchionna

With the goal of improving care for high-risk patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the Comprehensive COPD Clinic at UC Davis Health created a remote patient monitoring (RPM)...

Remote Patient Monitoring Program Takes Aims at Diabetes Management

by Mark Melchionna

In collaboration with the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) Department of Family and Community Medicine Vice Chair for Research worked to create a...

MDLIVE Adds Chronic Condition Monitoring to Virtual Primary Care Service

by Mark Melchionna

Adding tools such as remote vital monitoring and real-time reporting, telehealth provider MDLIVE aims to enhance its virtual primary care service to provide better care for patients with chronic...

Ochsner Digital Health Pilot Improves Diabetes, Hypertension Outcomes

by Mark Melchionna

While reviewing the results of a digital health pilot, researchers from Ochsner Health found that the program led to various benefits for hypertension and type 2 diabetes patients, such as improved...

Endocrine Society Provides Guidance for Appropriate Use of Telehealth

by Mark Melchionna

Aiming to enhance personalized care, the Endocrine Society created a policy perspective containing five aspects of care that can help clinicians decide when using telehealth is appropriate. With...

Collaboration Aims to Assess Virtual Care Method for COPD Patients

by Mark Melchionna

A new collaboration that includes UMass Chan Medical School and Wellinks aims to examine the efficacy of a virtual care method for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), using patient-reported...

Chronic Care Patients 88% More Likely to Use Telehealth Than Their Peers

by Mark Melchionna

Research from athenahealth shows that despite a decrease in pandemic-related restrictions, telehealth continues to improve care delivery by helping to fill care gaps and providing various benefits...

Remote Patient Monitoring Collaboration Aims to Enhance Chronic Care

by Mark Melchionna

ScionHealth, a health system with 79 facilities, has partnered with health technology company Cadence to provide remote patient monitoring (RPM) services to patients with chronic conditions.  As...

Using mHealth Apps for Diabetes, Chronic Disease Self-Management

by Mark Melchionna

Although there is room for improvement, an mHealth application proved itself a relatively successful method for treating short-term glycemic control while assisting type 2 diabetes patients, according...

PCORI Approves Millions in Funding for Virtual Chronic, Acute Care Research

by Mark Melchionna

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) approved funding totaling $258 million dedicated to enhancing research and examining understudied areas of treatment for chronic and acute...

NY Health System to Use Digital Platform to Inform Teenagers of Diabetes Risks

by Mark Melchionna

To educate teenagers on diabetes risks, Mount Sinai Health System is collaborating with mPulse Mobile to implement a health program that will be offered to teenagers in East Harlem, aiming to improve...

PCORI to Fund Research on Chronic Care Management Using Telehealth

by Mark Melchionna

To enhance patient care and clinical effectiveness, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board of Governors (PCORI) has approved $113 million in new research funding, of which $50 million...

FDA Approves Smartwatch-Based Solution to Monitor Parkinson’s Disease

by Mark Melchionna

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the StrivePD Ecosystem for  Parkinson’s disease monitoring through the Apple Watch. Developed by San Francisco-based Rune...

Telehealth Services Partnership Enables Remote Physical Examinations

by Mark Melchionna

To expand its scope of telehealth services, Carilion Clinic worked with TytoCare to offer remote physical examinations to detect and treat various chronic conditions for patients living primarily in...

Remote Monitoring Using Wearable Effective in Tracking Parkinson’s Disease

by Mark Melchionna

A study published in npj Digital Medicine found that a remote patient monitoring (RPM) method, called the Parkinson’s Disease Virtual Motor Exam (PD-VME), that involves the use of a wearable...

CDC: Children with Chronic Conditions More Likely to Use Telehealth

by Mark Melchionna

In the second half of 2020, only 14.1 percent of children used telehealth due to the pandemic, but use was higher among those with asthma, a developmental condition, or a disability, the Centers for...

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