UPMC’s five-year-old tablet-based program was initially only for patients with congestive heart failure, but is now in the process of expanding to as many as four other conditions, and is a valuable tool in preventing expensive and unnecessary hospitalizations.
Health Leaders Media –
Can a remote patient monitoring program prevent hospitalizations?
The answer, according to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) experts, is unequivocally yes.
That means big savings in a world of high-end healthcare that is increasingly becoming value-based. What UPMC did to build the remote monitoring program doesn’t necessarily take huge budgets and massive staffing additions.
