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Why Assessing Remote Care Quality Matters for RPM's Future
The digital healthcare boom has spurred the adoption of virtual care models, including at-home care models supported by remote care tools. Though remote patient monitoring is not especially new, the COVID-19 pandemic gave the model new life, prompting several health systems to adopt it.Michigan Medicine was one of those health systems. Launched in April 2020 amid in-person care restrictions, Michigan Medicine's Patient Monitoring at Home program provides care for hospital-discharged patients, outpatient chronic disease and post-rehabilitation patients, Ghazwan Toma, M.D., the program's medical director, told Virtual Healthcare.Patients receive a kit with various Bluetooth-connected devices, including a tablet, blood pressure scale, blood pressure cuff, pulse oximeter and thermometer. A clinical care team tracks the vital signs daily, noting positive and negative trends. If the patient's data shows troubling trends, a clinician triages the patient, and the health system's post-acute care team intervenes.
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The program aims to enhance patient outcomes, which can be measured by fewer unnecessary emergency room visits and hospital admissions. And now, thanks to a new study, Michigan Medicine knows that the RPM program is operating as intended and achieving its goal of reduced hospitalizations.Michigan Medicine plans to increase the number of patients enrolled in the RPM program by adding new kits and expanding the types of conditions that can be treated. Today, the program enrolls patients with other cardiac conditions, liver cirrhosis, sepsis and diabetes, and program leaders hope to expand enrollment to post-surgical patients following prostatectomy and some urological procedures.
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