UMass Digital Hub Provides Peek Into Future Of Remote Patient Management

When the University of Massachusetts Memorial Health in Worcester opened its digital hub last fall, it provided a glimpse of what the future of remote care management could look like. 

The 20,000-square-foot space, referred to as a “digital hospital,” merged many of the health system’s remote patient monitoring functions into one building. The structure is fully equipped with computers and monitors that allow experts to do remote clinical monitoring of patients in the intensive care units and their homes, keep an eye on patients at risk for falls and other safety concerns, and coordinate transfers of patients in and out of the hospital. It also allows other services like interpretation, and the structure has spaces for meetings and training sessions.