Becker's Healthcare June 12, 2024
While at-home monitoring is less common for kids, one children’s hospital now has 11 remote management programs for its pediatric patients.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia remotely monitors patients with such conditions as lung abnormalities, epilepsy and concussions.
The health system started by monitoring infants born with a single heart ventricle, a complex, life-threatening condition that requires multiple surgeries. The babies are sent home with a mobile app for periodic telehealth check-ins, as well as a digital vital sign monitor, stethoscope and scale.
The digital stethoscope stores data that CHOP’s cardiology team checks for heart murmurs. One in 8 patients enrolled in the program has had a clinically significant finding from the device that changed the course of their treatment.
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