The relevance of remote patient monitoring in the modern day healthcare landscape is becoming increasingly popular. With a staggering 93% adoption rate and 90% patient satisfaction rate, remote patient monitoring has become the cornerstone in the modern-day healthcare landscape.
Most Popular Remote Patient Monitoring Devices
Remote patient monitoring programs are used for effective chronic disease management, transitional care, etc. Keeping your practice and the patient population you are serving here are the most popular remote patient monitoring devices you’ll be needing for the success of your program.
1. Blood Pressure Monitor
Blood pressure monitoring measures the motion changes in the artery and is used to calculate the patient’s heart rate and blood flow. Despite being similar to the typical blood pressure measuring devices, these devices collect and send the data in real time to your eCareMD RPM software for analysis.
Blood pressure is one of the core aspects of monitoring a patient’s health and it can be used by you in managing diverse conditions like hypertension, CHF, kidney dysfunction, diabetes, etc. Furthermore, this acts as one of the best remote patient monitoring devices with eCareMD as it helps in avoiding white coat hypertension which is responsible for change in patient’s reading in office than in house. This way it not only increases the accuracy in care delivery but also decreases the time to deliver in care.
2. Weight Scale
Along with the blood pressure, changes in a patient’s weight can reveal a lot of the patient’s health condition. The weight scale’s integration with eCareMD RPM enables providers to track changes in the patient’s weight from time to time to ensure the patient’s condition is not worsening. Furthermore, the use of weight scale is relatively easier than other remote patient monitoring devices and it can be used for remote monitoring many conditions such as heart diseases, stroke, type 2 diabetes and some types of cancer, in all these conditions closely monitoring of weight is crucially important and eCareMD RPM weight scale integration can come in handy for both patients and providers.
3. Pulse Oximeter
In remote health monitoring for patients suffering from asthma or chronic heart or lung diseases like COPD or CHF, measuring oxygen in a patient’s blood is crucially important. This is where pulse oximeters come into the picture. Typically a non-invasive clip is attached to the patient’s finger to measure light wavelengths to measure blood oxygen level in the blood, along with that these meters are also used to measure the patient’s pulse.
eCareMD’s compatibility with pulse oximeters allows seamless monitoring of pulse and blood oxygen levels in patients in real-time.
4. Glucometer
Glucometers are typically used for monitoring the blood glucose levels in blood. eCareMD supports blood glucose monitoring for diabetic patients to facilitate continuous monitoring of glucose levels. These remote patient monitoring devices are typically used by taking a small drop of blood and placing it on the test strip which is connected to glucometer to measure the glucose reading in that drop of blood.
While using eCareMD RPM it directly sends the reading in real-time to the provider’s system for analysis and delivery of care.
5. Peak Flow Meter:
Remote patient monitoring has been effectively used by clinicals to monitor the health of patients suffering from lung diseases. For this peak flow meter is the device that these physicians rely on which measures your speed of expiration.
eCareMD captures these readings in real time and securely transmits it to the provider’s system for monitoring. In case, the readings fluctuate from the set parameters then the physicians can take effective measures to deliver preventive care to avoid any further health complications.
Cellular RPM Devices
- Cellular-Enabled Devices: Using cellular RPM devices comes with a factor of convenience especially when they are supported by the eCareMD software. These devices use the cellular network to establish a connection with the system. This allows smooth flow of data transmission from the device to the physician’s system without relying on Wi-Fi or bluetooth connectivity.
- Enhanced Mobility: Cellular eCareMD RPM devices offer mobility to patients enabling them to monitor and transmit data even from underserved remote areas where there is limited access to connectivity.
- Real-time Data Transmission: With cellular eCareMD RPM devices you can ensure real-time data transmission to the provider’s healthcare system by relying on the connectivity of the patient’s smartphone. This will lead to prompt interventions when necessary indirectly resulting in improved healthcare outcomes for patients with continuous monitoring.
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- Bluetooth-enabled Devices: With bluetooth enabled RPM devices, eCareMD offers seamless integration with smooth wireless transmission of data to the physician’s system for real-time monitoring.
- Internet Connectivity: With internet-connected RPM devices, eCareMD ensures compatibility and efficiency in data management for remote patient monitoring anything and anywhere when connected to a Wi-Fi or internet.
- Compatibility with eCareMD: internet or bluetooth-enabled devices supported by eCareMD ensures compatibility with the system and fits perfectly in the curated ecosystem of virtual care. Along with that, eCareMD RPM devices serve as an efficient tool for data management for remote patient monitoring with real-time transmission to the healthcare provider’s system directly from the provider’s smartphone or RPM devices.
Conclusion
eCareMD supports a diverse range of remote patient monitoring devices along with the most popular RPM devices mentioned above from blood pressure monitoring devices to peak flow. Along with that, the software is designed in such a way that it is compatible with both cellular connectivity and internet or bluetooth connectivity to enhance the remote patient monitoring capabilities.
Leverage these supported devices with robust remote patient monitoring software – eCareMD and drive data-backed healthcare practice in your healthcare practices and improve patient care with real-time monitoring for better health outcomes for patients.
