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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Their approach is focused on hardware - using its popular iPhone and Apple Watch to turn its devices into trusted, secure channels through which medical data can flow, to help consumers better track and manage their health. Clinical Trials In 2015, Apple introduced new software, called Apple ResearchKit, for health researchers.

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

For example, remote patient monitoring (RPM) can be used to track blood pressure, blood sugar, or other important health data. According to a 2015 study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, healthcare practices that billed CPT code 99490 for CCM services provided by nonphysician healthcare practitioners (i.e.,