Digital Connected Care: Beyond the Tech - Policy Hurdles for Remote Patient Monitoring

The Digital Connected Care article series elevates the conversation from tech talk to the practical application of remote patient monitoring in clinician designed workflows with evidence of improved outcomes without increasing staff burden. Digital technologies and online app-based services provide a clear pathway for innovation that enable care where consumers and providers reside. Digital health data exchange fuels technology and app-based services providing the health information on demand needed for evidence-based telehealth, remote patient monitoring (RPM), care management, patient engagement and self-care, and virtual behavior change programs. In the U.S., temporary policies, regulations, and coverage changes allowed digital care delivery during the COVID-19 public health emergency. These new (and still temporary) regulations, policies and coverage, made it abundantly clear that digital care delivery is efficacious.