Remote monitoring devices for patients help patients be more involved and comprehend their health every day. If the patient is interacting with their health on a regular basis via RPM devices, the likelihood is higher to experience lasting health benefits.
How Remote Health Monitoring Helps
Remote health monitoring integrates both implicit and on-demand monitoring, assisting medical professionals and other health professionals get a continuous view of information about patients that could indicate changes in the patient’s health. This is vital when patients suffer illnesses. In certain cases of common illness, patients are in the process of recovering while in hospital but find their health issues return within a couple of weeks after being discharged. Health Monitoring can help in such situations to provide monitoring after discharge.
One option is to employ a nurse who is fully trained and able to monitor vitals of the patient. But, this is costly and is not sustainable, which makes it unpractical to treat all patients like this.
Monitoring of health remotely give an alternative to traditional health monitoring through a set of sensors and medical devices connected to a mobile app or a set of remote applications that provide patient information and monitor to doctors.
There are numerous remote monitors for patients available in the market today. Here, you can learn more about three of the devices we frequently use in Health and Wellness Program.
- Blood Pressure Cuff
Cuffs for blood pressure calculate the heart rate of a person and blood flow by observing the changes in the artery’s motion. They are Bluetooth blood pressure monitor like the one that we’ve all had at the doctor’s office. The key distinction is that it communicates the information in real time to the physician for review.
Blood pressure monitoring can aid in the management of a variety of conditions like high blood pressure, diabetic, kidney dysfunction, and CHF. Any illness that has the symptom of hypertension or high blood pressure, could benefit from home monitors of blood pressure. Monitoring day-to-day blood pressure is beneficial since it provides information about the condition of the day for the heart in contrast to a single point in time reading.
- Glucometer
Glucometers measure a person’s blood sugar using a small drop of blood that is placed in a testing strip which connects to the gadget. The patient puts a tiny drop of blood onto the strip that is read by the device to generate the reading of blood glucose. The results are then transmitted in real-time to the doctor to be reviewed.
Many people with types 1 and 2 of diabetes utilize a glucometer on a daily basis at least several times per day in order to control the blood sugar levels.
- Pulse Oximeter
The pulse oximeter can be described as a non-invasive clip that is affixed to the finger of the patient (or often the earlobe) to detect light wavelengths which determine blood oxygen levels–how the amount of oxygen circulates in the patient’s blood cells. In addition the pulse oximeter monitors the pulse of a person.
Pulse oximeters can be used by those suffering from chronic illnesses that include lung or heart issues such as COPD and CHF and COVID-19 monitoring and screening. They also are used for patients suffering from asthma as well as asthma.
Remote Health Monitoring Advantages
This monitoring can be an asset for patients suffering from chronic illnesses that require continuous focus on body’s vitals. Other benefits of the technology are:
- Improved overall quality of post-hospitalization value-based health care.
- In-depth engagement with patients suffering from chronic illness, by monitoring patient health remotely.
- A decrease in the number of hospital visits eases the burden on those with mobility issues.
- Reduction in the number of readmissions to hospitals.
- Aids in distancing socially.
Curious how else we’re working to transform patient and caregiver experiences through technology? Learn more here. If you have questions, feel free to contact someone on the Welgen One team.
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