Remote Patient Monitoring

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...

About Amedisys, a Home Health Provider That Sparked a Bidding War

by Anuja Vaidya

Mergers and acquisitions activity in the home healthcare space is heating up, with numerous organizations vying for a piece of the increasingly profitable pie. Earlier this year, CVS finalized its acquisition of Signify Health, a home...

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...

Finger Monitor Uses Smartphone Features to Detect Blood Pressure

by Mark Melchionna

Developed by engineers at the University of San Diego (UC San Diego), a finger-worn clip uses various smartphone features to determine patient blood pressure while maintaining...

6 Remote Patient Monitoring Companies in the News

by Anuja Vaidya

Amid the growing popularity of remote patient monitoring (RPM) services, several health systems have partnered with companies to launch programs and bring the benefits of RPM to their patients. RPM use skyrocketed during the COVID-19...

CMS: Hospitals Can Continue to Bill for Remote Outpatient Therapies

by Anuja Vaidya

In a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) stated that hospitals could continue to bill for various outpatient therapies delivered via remote...

Continuous Care Program Aims to Streamline Data Collection

by Mark Melchionna

Piedmont Healthcare, Telemetrix, and Remote Care Partners (RCP) created a continuous care program that aims to assist providers in navigating patient data collection through the combination of remote...

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,...

How This Early Adopter Leverages, Bills for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring

by Anuja Vaidya

Amid the staggering rise of virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic, federal agencies were tasked with classifying these new care modalities to ensure adequate reimbursement. In its 2022 Physician Fee Schedule, the Centers for Medicare...

Michigan Medicine Launches Mobile Monitoring to Enhance Inpatient Care

by Mark Melchionna

Michigan Medicine is implementing the Mobile Monitoring Transformation Project, which will allow providers to access cardiac monitoring data through workstations, phones, and tablets. The newly...

Addressing Hospital-at-Home Implementation Hurdles

by Anuja Vaidya

With the advent of virtual care technologies, healthcare has increasingly become available outside the four walls of the hospital. One of the significant ways this has been accomplished is through hospital-at-home programs, where...

Providence Launches Remote Patient Monitoring Program for Chronic Care

by Mark Melchionna

A new partnership between Cadence and Providence aims to add remote patient monitoring (RPM) and responsive virtual care capabilities to clinics across seven states, enabling providers to remotely...

Remote Patient Monitoring Led to Reductions in Blood Pressure

by Mark Melchionna

A Mass General Brigham study published in JAMA Network Open described how a remote patient monitoring (RPM) tool showed the ability to treat high blood pressure among diverse populations, ultimately...

RPM Partnership to Provide Personalized Treatment for COPD, Asthma

by Mark Melchionna

To support care for high-risk chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, UC Davis Heath will provide eligible patients with a Propeller Health remote patient monitoring (RPM) program that...

PA Health System Expands Telehealth, RPM Collaboration

by Mark Melchionna

With the goal of enhancing healthcare delivery through telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM), Masimo and Temple University Health System (Temple Health) are expanding their collaboration to...

Atrium Health, Best Buy Health Strike Hospital-at-Home Deal

by Anuja Vaidya

Atrium Health has entered into a three-year partnership with Best Buy Health to create new home-based acute care offerings and enhance its hospital-at-home program. A part of Advocate Health,...

Remote Patient Monitoring Improves Outcomes for COPD Patients

by Mark Melchionna

Published in the International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, recent research described the various benefits chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients experienced from...

South Georgia Hospitals to Gain Access to Remote Monitoring Services

by Mark Melchionna

To expand critical care access, Emory Healthcare will provide Memorial Hospital and Manor and Coffee Regional Medical Center with access to its electronic intensive care unit (eICU), giving patients...

Remote Patient Monitoring Use Skyrockets 1,300%

by Anuja Vaidya

The adoption of remote patient monitoring (RPM) has skyrocketed, with RPM claim volume increasing by 1,294 percent from January 2019 to November 2022, according to a new report. Released by data...

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