Chronic Disease Management

Incorporating a Human Element Into RPM Services

by Anuja Vaidya

Over the past two years, remote patient monitoring (RPM) programs have increased, with health systems using the care modality for various clinical activities, including tracking chronic disease patient outcomes. Both providers and...

MS Patients Report Satisfaction With Telehealth During Pandemic

by Mark Melchionna

About 42 percent of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients received care related to their condition via telehealth, and a majority (77 percent) reported they were satisfied with the virtual care, according...

UNC Gets $2.8M to Study Impact of Personalized Messaging on Weight Loss

by Mark Melchionna

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded $2.8 million to the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, which will be used to examine the impact of adding personalized messaging to its weight...

Highly Privileged Cancer Patients Get Access to Telehealth Sooner

by Anuja Vaidya

Though telehealth use among cancer patients skyrocketed early in the COVID-19 pandemic, uptake was not uniform across socioeconomic groups, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology. Most...

Banner | Aetna Takes Aim at Type 2 Diabetes With Virtual Care Partnership

by Mark Melchionna

With the extremely high frequency of type 2 diabetes in Arizona, Virta Health’s partnership with Banner | Aetna can significantly improve the health of this population. Banner | Aetna is a...

Keeping Health Equity Top-of-Mind in Remote Patient Monitoring Programs

by Anuja Vaidya

Interest in home-based care is on the rise, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in health facilities becoming overwhelmed and struggling to ensure ongoing access to care. A key aspect of home-based care is remote patient...

Remote Monitoring, Telehealth Use Linked to Tighter Blood Pressure Control

by Anuja Vaidya

Telehealth services, combined with remote patient monitoring, helped boost engagement and blood pressure control among stroke survivors living in under-resourced communities, according to new...

RPM 101: What Is Remote Patient Monitoring, Its Benefits, and Uses?

by Anuja Vaidya

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) though by no means a new care modality is evolving rapidly, spurred by the constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic and the corresponding regulatory push to expand access to care. In its simplest form, RPM...

Telehealth Maintained Care Quality for Type 2 Diabetics During Pandemic

by Victoria Bailey

Using telehealth for type 2 diabetes care during the COVID-19 pandemic helped maintain quality of care and led to better health outcomes for patients, compared to those who only utilized in-person...

Technology, Privacy Concerns Pose Barriers to Virtual HIV Care

by Victoria Bailey

During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients living with HIV were satisfied overall with telehealth appointments, but they identified challenges to virtual care, such as technology limitations and privacy...

How FQHCs Are Standing Up, Sustaining Remote Patient Monitoring Programs

by Anuja Vaidya

Remote patient monitoring is growing in popularity in the U.S., especially since the COVID-19 pandemic restricted access to inpatient care. For many large health systems, the rising popularity of RPM has led them to expand or strengthen...

WVU Medicine to Deploy Virtual Diabetes Care App for Employees

by Anuja Vaidya

West Virginia University Health System, or WVU Medicine, is partnering with digital health company Virta Health to offer its virtual diabetes treatment to eligible employees in the state. With this...

$2.5M Grant to Support mHealth Asthma Interventions for Black Americans

by Anuja Vaidya

A researcher at Detroit-based Wayne State University School of Medicine has received a $2.5 million grant to develop a mobile management program with the aim of improve asthma control in young Black...

FQHC to Use Remote Patient Monitoring to Improve Hypertension Care

by Victoria Bailey

A North Carolina-based federally qualified health center (FQHC) has partnered with a remote patient monitoring company that focuses on chronic disease management to help improve virtual hypertension...

Hispanic, Asian Cancer Patients Used Telehealth Less Than White Peers

by Anuja Vaidya

A glaring divide exists in telehealth use between white cancer patients and those who are racial minorities, according to a new study. The study, published in Cancer Medicine, examined patterns of...

Why Stanford Wants to Make CGM a Standard of Care for Diabetic Kids

by Anuja Vaidya

With interest in remote patient monitoring skyrocketing, providers are exploring the various uses of this technology for different conditions. One arena where it could be a game-changer? Management of type 1 diabetes among children. In...

Video Telehealth as Effective as Usual Care for Chronic Diseases

by Anuja Vaidya

Video visits for chronic disease treatment are as safe and effective as in-person care, according to a new study. The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, aimed to assess the benefits...

Cystic Fibrosis Health Outcomes Similar for Telehealth, In-Person Care

by Victoria Bailey

Using telehealth for cystic fibrosis treatment during the pandemic led to similar health outcomes for patients as in-person care, a study published in the journal Chest found. When the COVID-19...

Penn Gets $20M to Study Role of Remote Patient Monitoring for Alzheimer’s

by Victoria Bailey

Researchers from Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania have received a grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) that will help further their research about the use of remote patient...

Telehealth Use for Kidney Disease Management Yields Low Satisfaction

by Victoria Bailey

Patients and clinicians found telehealth use convenient for chronic kidney disease management, but overall, the virtual modality yielded low satisfaction levels for clinical effectiveness, ease of use,...

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