HOW DOES REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING WORK?
REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) can be used to enable monitoring of patients in their home, which increases their access to care and decrease healthcare costs.
DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS
RPM devices, such as scales, pulse oximeters, and blood pressure cuffs, can be connected to patients’ tablets or smartphones via Bluetooth. Wi-Fi is normally used to transmit readings back to the hospital for doctor review.
CALL CENTERS
Nurses who are working within the medical facility's call center can immediately contact the patient as metrics are reported from the patients RPM devices in real time. This approach can also help patients avoid re-hospitalization by providing proper care as a preventive measure and as it is needed.
Medical Compliance
Medical compliance happens in real time. For example, there are tools to help track the vital signs of organ transplant recipients after surgery once they are released from the hospital or patients can wear a patch that detects when they take their medications while giving notifications as needed.
RPM has helped reduce hospital admissions by 38%
Patient satisfaction has increased 25% due to RPM.
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