Revolutionizing ICU Care: The Future of Telemedicine in Smaller Facilities
This technology can result in reduced readmission rates, increased patient satisfaction, and a consistent flow of post-acute care revenue, especially in rural areas.
Why Mass General Brigham Wants to Move 10% of Patient Care to the Home
At HIMSS24, Heather O'Sullivan, Mass General Brigham's president of healthcare at home, said that the health system wants to move 10% of all its medical patients to the home. She argued that there is "no greater model of care for being patient-centric," and highlighted the care modality's ability to alleviate burnout for some healthcare workers.
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When Investment Rhymes with Canada
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
HealthSnap Snags $25M to Help Providers Launch & Scale RPM Programs
HealthSnap closed a $25 million Series B funding round led by Sands Capital. The Miami-based company seeks to help providers better care for a rapidly aging and chronically ill population through its remote patient monitoring platform.
How to Overcome the New Realities in Home Health Budget Strains
In navigating fiscal uncertainties, it is essential to acknowledge technology as a powerful ally, securing the resilience and long-term sustainability of home care for generations of patients and caregivers to follow.
Remote Patient Monitoring: Pioneering Healthcare Through Quality Assurance
RPM has ushered in a new era of healthcare. However, navigating the complexities and challenges of this landscape requires a thoughtful QA strategy.
A Zip Code Could Determine a Baby’s Fate in the NICU and How Technology Can Change That
Digital tools like remote monitoring devices, virtual care, and clinical intelligence platforms – all can be leveraged to fill gaps in care in rural hospitals as it relates to care in neonatal intensive care units. In the hands of a collective many, they can be deployed to level the playing field in caring for babies needing special attention and to increase bandwidth and improve adherence to quality guidelines.
Fulfilling the Quadruple Aim of Healthcare with AI
Putting all the AI pieces into place effectively requires clarity of what organizations want to accomplish - and for much of healthcare, the Quadruple Aim remains at the very top. Although how to get there will look different, clarity on principles and values that will guide the development of what comes next is paramount to setting us up for years to come.
Technology Contributes to Clinician Burnout. Here’s How It Can Make It Better.
The next wave of Medtech innovation must deliver truly smart connected care—not only building on our progress in collecting and integrating information about a patient, such as vital signs, diagnostic results and health history—but also using software to prioritize this information, streamline care delivery and provide actionable insights.
Patient-Centric Digital Transformation: Rethinking Remote Monitoring for Comprehensive Care
A recent webinar sponsored by AVIA Health and Seamless MD examined how health systems use remote patient monitoring beyond the usual chronic condition applications, including surgical prep and recovery, women's health, and more.
Generative AI, RPM Were Among the Biggest Trends In Health IT Fundraising During Q2
Healthcare IT companies raised $1 billion in venture capital in Q2 — down slightly from the $1.3 billion raised in Q1 but up significantly from the $451.3 million raised in Q4 2022. Unsurprisingly, a lot of these investments were made in companies offering generative AI products. Another key trend was increasing cash flow to remote patient monitoring startups, likely caused by expanded reimbursement for these services.
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
A webinar sponsored by AVIA Health and SeamlessMD will discuss the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend these benefits beyond chronic conditions all while using fewer staff resources.
Rush Launches Program to Scale RPM for Chronic Conditions Management
Chicago-based Rush University System for Health recently struck a partnership with Cadence — the health system is beginning an RPM pilot using the startup's technology platform and clinicians. Rush will enroll Medicare and Medicaid patients who have one or more of the following chronic conditions: hypertension, congestive heart failure and type 2 diabetes.
Which Digital Health Tools Will Be the Greatest Victim to Turnover from Hospitals?
Hospitals’ digital health adoption exploded during the pandemic, leading to many vendor contracts spanning three to five years. As these contracts reach their expiration dates over this year and next, a new report predicts that telemedicine platforms and remote patient monitoring tools face the highest risk of being turned over by hospitals.
Payers Need Clear Outcomes Data to Reimburse Digital Health, Experts Argue
It’s clear that services like telehealth and remote patient monitoring have potential to provide value within the healthcare industry, but hospitals and digital health companies need to show payers clearer evidence of the outcomes these care modalities can produce in order to earn reimbursement, panelists argued during MedCity's INVEST conference.
RPM is Changing How I Provide Care, And My Patients Love It
If you ask any physician about treating patients with chronic conditions, chances are they will tell you that our current healthcare system is failing these patients. I am no different. For patients with heart failure, type 2 diabetes, or hypertension, a quarterly office visit simply cannot provide the level of care needed to make the […]