Healthcare IT News October 13, 2025
Remote patient monitoring that relies only on text messages could help drive engagement, compliance and outcomes at scale. And extend beyond biometrics to include data such as behavioral health concerns, post-discharge challenges and SDOH.
Some telehealth and remote patient monitoring experts believe that in order to scale chronic care and value-based care opportunities, healthcare provider organizations need to meet patients where they are in terms of technology – with phones and texting. They refer to this as “deviceless” remote patient monitoring.
With messages written at or below a sixth-grade reading level to enhance accessibility and reach, deviceless RPM can support multiple condition-specific monitoring programs – for example, CHF, COPD, diabetes and depression – using self-reported data to flag high-risk trends,...







