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Text-based virtual care program did not improve post-discharge outcomes

April 19, 2024 - A program that provided automated text messaging with escalation to clinical care, if needed, was not successful in reducing acute care revisits in the 30 days post-hospital discharge, according to a recent study. Published in JAMA Network Open, the study assessed a post-discharge outreach program that aimed to support patients after hospital...

Digital health tool cuts hospital length of stay for surgery patients

April 11, 2024 by Anuja Vaidya

A digital health platform that combines human health coaches and personalized recovery care plans was able to engage surgery patients in their perioperative journey and reduce their hospital length of...

What is Virtual Reality and its Healthcare Use Cases?

March 01, 2024 by Anuja Vaidya

With the advancements in digital healthcare, various tools are now being used to provide healthcare services and support the patient care journey. These include tools typically used in other industries, such as smartphones, cloud storage...

Digital Health Strategies Reduce High BP Among Underserved Groups

February 23, 2024 by Anuja Vaidya

Digital health interventions drove improvements in blood pressure (BP) among hypertension patients experiencing health disparities, according to new research. Published in JAMA Network Open, the study...

Leveraging RPM to Enable At-Home Care for High-Risk Cancer Patients

February 05, 2024 by Anuja Vaidya

The rapid advancement in digital health technologies post-March 2020 has expanded the boundaries of at-home healthcare. As COVID-19 forced hospitals to deliver more care outside traditional brick-and-mortar facilities, researchers began to...

New Research Links Hospital-at-Home Care to Positive Patient Outcomes

January 10, 2024 by Anuja Vaidya

New research from Mass General Brigham affirms the clinical benefits of hospital-at-home programs, showing that they are associated with low mortality, skilled nursing facility use, and readmission...

Telehealth-Only Care Fails to Improve Type 2 Diabetes Outcomes

December 13, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Type 2 diabetes patients who received endocrinology care through telehealth alone had poor glycemic outcomes compared with those who received in-person or hybrid care, which contrasts with prior...

73% of Healthcare Execs Say RPM Programs Deliver ROI

December 12, 2023 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...

Telehealth Patients Less Likely to Complete Ordered Tests, Referrals

November 20, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

While the likelihood of patients completing recommended tests and seeking specialty referrals is low across visit modalities, it is worse when ordered during telehealth visits compared with in-person...

RPM Improves Hypertension Outcomes but Drives Up Costs

November 09, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

While remote patient monitoring (RPM) helped improve outcomes for Medicare patients with hypertension, it increased outpatient visits and net healthcare spending, according to a new study. Published...

Most Patients Support Incorporating Wearable Device Data in Healthcare

October 30, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

More than half of healthcare consumers (59 percent) said that if their physician incorporated health data from their personal wearable devices into their treatment plans, they would be encouraged to...

Using Telehealth to Address Side Effects of Cancer Immunotherapy

October 16, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Virtual care modalities have been lauded for their ability to connect patients to healthcare quickly and conveniently. While not all types of care are suited to virtual delivery, certain services, like specialty consultations, can be...

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

September 12, 2023 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...

Hybrid Care Model Provided Effective Prenatal Care During the PHE

July 24, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

New research indicated that the use of a hybrid care model for providing prenatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic did not alter rates of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia, maternal morbidity, cesarean...

Studies on mHealth Apps Often Neglect Relevant Details

July 12, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

A new study found that although mobile health (mHealth) applications are said to promote physical activity, research surrounding them often fails to account for critical factors, indicating low...

Healthcare Providers, Patients Trust, Plan to Continue Telehealth Use

June 30, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

While providing insight into the factors that affect telehealth use, a report from Doximity indicated that physicians and patients perceive telehealth positively, and most believe that it often...

Can Wearables Improve Outcomes Among Hospitalized Patients?

June 20, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

New research published in JAMA Network Open found that hospitalized patients using wearable devices had better physical activity levels and physical functioning as opposed to patients receiving...

US Senators Support Permanent Telehealth Access Through Legislation

June 16, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

In support of continued telehealth access, a bipartisan group of 60 United States senators reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health...

Yale Center Aims to Improve Pediatrics with Immersive Technologies

June 13, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

Launched after the success of the XR Pediatrics laboratory, the new Yale Center for Immersive Technologies aims to leverage extended reality (XR) and game technology to improve pediatric health...

Symptom Tracking a Top Benefit of RPM Use in Cancer Care

June 01, 2023 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...

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