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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The future will see chronic disease being managed more from homes and physicians' offices than in a hospital setting. Chronically ill patients may not always require visiting the hospital frequently if their follow-ups and routine checkups can be managed remotely. Infrastructure to manage chronic diseases remotely.

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Client remote monitoring for home care agencies -- why and what?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Patients with chronic diseases or those who are discharged from hospitals may benefit from the use of RPM technology to monitor significant chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension or congestive heart failure, and especially to avoid a recurrence of an issue that would require readmission. .

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Remote patient monitoring technologies are akin to telemedicine technologies, since they automatically observe and report on patients, often with chronic illnesses, so caregivers can remotely keep tabs on patients. iRhythm Technologies.