How Remote Patient Monitoring Is Changing Chronic Disease Management

Remote patient monitoring tools can improve chronic disease management and patient records, but healthcare stakeholders also must grapple with the accessibility and reimbursement challenges that these tools present. One of the major drivers behind remote patient monitoring trends is chronic disease management, Anuja Vaidya, senior editor of mHealthIntelligence and special events lead at Xtelligent Healthcare Media, shared on Healthcare Strategies. “There is a lot of excitement around RPM and…chronic disease management is sort of the focal point for that excitement,” Vaidya said. “There are just so many ways in which RPM can improve chronic disease management. So, for instance, it can help providers track patient health metrics in between doctor visits.” These trends, combined with providers’ insights, demonstrated how stakeholders leaned on remote patient monitoring tools to track patients’ progress in common, high cost chronic diseases.