Fierce Healthcare September 11, 2024
Remote physiologic monitoring company Cadence released data showing that rural patients at Lifepoint Health clinics who took part in Cadence’s Type 2 diabetes and hypertension programs had better outcomes than their urban counterparts.
The data are a result of the companies’ three-year partnership. Brentwood, Tennessee-based Lifepoint is deploying remote monitoring throughout its 60 community hospital campuses, more than 60 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals and more than 250 other sites of care. Together, they are serving 4,600 patients. About two-thirds of patients in the remote monitoring programs for diabetes and hypertension lived in rural or underserved areas.
The data, released Wednesday by Cadence, show that 10% more patients achieved their target blood glucose level in rural areas than patients in...
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