Managing Telehealth, Remote Patient Monitoring Security Concerns

As adoption increases, healthcare organizations, vendors, and providers will continually be tasked with managing telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) security concerns. Although these technologies existed before, the pandemic prompted the need for safe and secure telehealth and RPM solutions that could be deployed on a larger scale.

But that rapid drive toward telehealth naturally comes with security risks. While they may not outweigh the tremendous benefits that telehealth offers to both patients and providers, security concerns must be considered carefully.

There is no single definition for telehealth, according to the Center for Connected Health Policy. For the most part, telehealth refers to a collection of technology-driven methods and applications used to enhance care. Live video, mobile health, and RPM are all subsets of telehealth.