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New report: AI and the Future of Care Work 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Self-care at home after a diagnostic visit is growing, including tracking blood pressure , glucose and respiratory status. Patients are frustrated with health care access. Most states are increasing Medicaid payment rates for home-and-community-based services to respond to the shortage.

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

Aging in Place Technology Watch

One result was the addition of new reimbursement codes for RPM, enabling reimbursement beyond just the clinical staff to include oversight of provided information -- vital signs, such as heart rate, blood pressure, blood glucose, weight, and other physiological statistics. CPT code 99454: “Remote monitoring of physiologic parameter(s) (e.g.,

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Remote Care Technologies – What have they been, what will they be?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Thus the FDA has expanded the ability to remotely monitor “clinical electronic thermometers, ECGs, cardiac monitors, ECG software for over-the-counter use, pulse oximeters, respiratory rate or breathing frequency monitors, non-invasive blood pressure monitors and electronic stethoscopes” used in home settings. If not now, when?

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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Similarly, sensors for measuring blood pressure, temperature, glucometers, pulse oximeters, and respiratory rate sensors, all integrated with mobile applications, can be used to monitor patients remotely. The technology equivalent of this can be gait recognition sensors using mobile accelerometers.

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Bloodless Monitoring, Implantable Insulin, and More!

Insulin Nation

It can measure heartbeat, respiratory rate, skin temperature, and movement. Every Breath You Take, Every Move You Make… The FDA has approved a wearable device which will help doctors use a smart phone to monitor the vital signs of patients leaving the hospital , according to Fierce Medical Devices.

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How to win physician confidence in remote patient monitoring programs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Remote monitoring devices allow clinicians to monitor patients for vitals like respiratory rate, heart rate, temperature, heart rate variability, and blood oxygen saturation levels, thus enabling informed decision making in time. Map physician workflows and win their confidence.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Any abnormal responses or vital stats are tagged and reported to: a healthcare organization partnering with the employer, a clinician on the employer’s staff, or a human resources professional, for a referral to a COVID-19 testing site to confirm an infection and prevent spreading the virus in the workplace.