Remote Patient Monitoring

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...


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Common remote patient monitoring tools

by Anuja Vaidya

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is a valuable healthcare delivery mechanism. RPM allows healthcare providers to continuously track patient health metrics over time, giving them a comprehensive view of the patient’s condition and how...

Why Ochsner & Humana struck an RPM partnership for chronic care

by Anuja Vaidya

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) tools and services have proven remarkably effective at improving chronic disease management. However, access to RPM programs can be challenging, particularly for underserved populations. One strategy to...

Healthcare stakeholders call for hospital-at-home waiver permanency

by Anuja Vaidya

More than 65 healthcare organizations have signed a letter urging Congress to extend the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program for at least five years beyond 2024. The letter sent to...

Why UC Davis is turning to mHealth tech for post-angioplasty care

by Anuja Vaidya

Post-discharge is a critical period for the overall success of any given procedure. If patients do not follow discharge instructions or clinical changes occur without the care team’s knowledge, the patient could suffer adverse...

Digital Engagement with RPM Boosts Post-Discharge Care Coordination

by Anuja Vaidya

Digital engagement post-discharge with an RPM system helped increase touch points between patients and healthcare providers but did not impact the rate of readmission, recent research shows. Published...

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

by Anuja Vaidya

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...

Digital Health Strategies Reduce High BP Among Underserved Groups

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...

Epic, LightBeam Among Best in KLAS Virtual Care Winners

by Anuja Vaidya

Epic, LightBeam Health Solutions, Doximity, and eVisit emerged as Best in KLAS winners among virtual care solutions for 2024. KLAS, a research and insights firm, released its annual list of Best in...

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...

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

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...

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...

Key SDOH Considerations for Remote Patient Monitoring Programs

by Anuja Vaidya

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) supports a comprehensive care delivery model wherein healthcare providers can track patient health metrics and adjust care plans in a timely manner, thereby boosting health outcomes overall. RPM involves...

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

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...

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...

Patient Care, Policy & More: A Look at This Year’s Virtual Care Trends

by Anuja Vaidya

In many ways, 2023 was a year of reckoning for virtual care. From sky-high funding and clinical promises verging on hyperbole to bankruptcy filings and an ongoing patient preference for in-person care, virtual care stakeholders had to...

Kaiser Permanente Study Shows Scalability of Hospital-at-Home Model

by Anuja Vaidya

Research from Kaiser Permanente reveals that its hospital-at-home program was scaled successfully, creating hospital capacity; however, the program’s care quality as it was being scaled could not...

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...

Using Virtual Care Tech to Curb Care Barriers in Rural South Carolina

by Anuja Vaidya

Rural Americans are often caught in a healthcare bind. This population is more likely to suffer from various healthcare issues, including chronic conditions, unintentional injury, and the opioid crisis, but are less able to access the...

Few Deaths, Complications Among CMS Hospital-at-Home Waiver Patients

by Anuja Vaidya

Patients receiving at-home hospital care under the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver experienced a low mortality rate and minimal complications resulting in admission to brick-and-mortar hospitals,...

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