HealthLeaders Media July 14, 2021
Wearables will track patients as remote home care optimizes hospital resources.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Patients will be tracked via wireless devices communicating to web servers, some continually streaming data.
– Hospital capacity issues, illuminated by COVID-19, expedited build-out of UMass Memorial Health’s program.
– The platform enhances central coordination of in-home visits and integrates with Epic EHR.
Next month, UMass Memorial Health, a nonprofit health system in Central Massachusetts with more than 14,000 employees and 1,700 physicians, plans to begin offering patients more opportunities to receive care outside of the hospital, using innovative wearable medical devices, as well as other home devices, to increase hospital capacity, and provide better experiences and outcomes for all patients.
“COVID-19 illuminated capacity issues at...
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