Imagine your you calmly sipping coffee in her backyard while her smartphone and wearables report her blood sugar levels, dietary intake, and vital signs to your care team.
That’s remote patient monitoring (RPM) and—no traffic, crowded waiting room, or exam table to climb onto. The verdict has been out for decades—stress exacerbates most chronic diseases like diabetes, congestive heart failure, kidney disease, and Alzheimer’s. High-risk patients and stressed-out care teams seldom achieve ideal outcomes.
Monitoring devices have enabled healthcare systems to provide virtual care that makes for relaxed, engaged while real-time health data is transferred to healthcare providers. And in 2020, the COVID-19 it is the safest
This guide will help you implement remote patient monitoring in your practice to make life easier for your care teams while improving patient engagement and outcomes.
What is remote patient monitoring?
Remote patient monitoring is a method of managing acute or chronic conditions via RPM technology while securely collecting and exchanging patient data.
RPM enables your doctors to monitor in your homes, at work, in transit, or even on vacation, using monitoring devices like:
- Glucose meters for diabetes management
- Heart rate monitors to manage congestive heart failure
- Blood pressure cuffs to measure blood pressure
- Oximeters to measure blood oxygen levels
- Continuous dementia surveillance monitors
- Calorie logging programs
- Exercise logging programs
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