What Does Remote Patient Monitoring and Chronic Care Management Really Take to Be Successful?

This month we’ve had an added focus on Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and all it’s nuances and features.  No doubt a month still isn’t enough to fully understand this quickly changing area of health IT.  The more I’ve learned about RPM and it’s related Chronic Care Management (CCM), the more I realize how complicated it is to do right.  RPM companies require a mix of data collection, data analysis, patient communication, behavior change, and so much more.  It’s definitely not for the faint of heart, but it also is one of the most promising areas of healthcare and is going to be key to value based care.  In fact, many of the tools and technologies related to RPM are moving into other areas like surgical protocols for example.  What does seem clear to me is every healthcare organization is going to need to consider how they’re approaching RPM and CCM.