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.
To really understand what it takes to make RPM and CCM work, Healthcare IT Today recently sat down with Josh Claman, CEO of Rimidi. Claman shared his view on the RPM market and how he sees the market playing out between disease or condition specific RPM and more whole health or wellness based RPM. Spoiler Alert: He offers some great reasons why an RPM platform is going to be important long term. We also dive into how the pandemic has impacts RPM and what that portends for the future.
We also dive into the various roles doctors, care managers, nurses, etc play in RPM and where they’re seeing the most success. Plus, we talk about reimbursement for RPM and CCM and what he’d like to see happen on the reimbursement front to ensure long term success. Finally, we talk over their decision to go all in with SMART on FHIR as their approach to EHR access. Plus, we dive a little deeper into the realities of healthcare interoperability today.
Check out our interview below to learn more about what it takes to be successful with RPM and CCM.
Learn more about Rimidi: https://rimidi.com/
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