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29 Jul

The Importance of Patient Engagement in A Successful Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Program

by medsiensite
in Barriers, Benefits, Blog, Education, Remote Patient Monitoring
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  RPM programs continuously track patients’ important vitals using cellular-connected devices and keep providers informed of important changes and trends in patient health.  A successful RPM program, however, must go beyond simply having the devices to monitor patients’ health status and data. Robust patient engagement is needed to drive successful use of RPM programs, and increase patient satisfaction. Medical practices and providers often think they have...

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12 Jul

How Does Chronic Care Management (CCM) Improve Outcomes and Reduce Costs?

by medsiensite
in Benefits, Blog, Chronic Care Management, Education
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The cost of care for most chronic disease is quite high. Unmanaged diabetes, heart disease, and various other conditions often result in many expensive interventions, hospitalizations and poor outcomes. Many unmanaged chronic conditions lead to more emergency room (ED) visits, hospital admissions, more severe illness/co-morbidities and death.     Chronic Care Management, or CCM, is the coordination of care services, which are furnished outside of regular office visits....

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02 May

Why Should We Hire Someone Else To Do This? The Challenges of Successful In-House Chronic Care Management (CCM) and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Programs

by medsiensite
in Barriers, Blog, Chronic Care Management, Education
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    Clinical providers and policymakers have been talking about the quality improvement and cost-saving benefits of chronic disease management for some time. Most medical practices are fully aware of the clinical and cost benefits of Chronic Care Management (CCM) and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM); so why aren’t they putting them into practice, or able to successfully yield the benefits when they do? The ongoing challenge for...

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