mHealth Intelligence October 9, 2018
New research suggests that healthcare providers who use mHealth devices in chronic care management programs could be treating their patients better than current standards of care.
New research suggests that mHealth is changing the way physicians treat patients with chronic conditions – an outcome that may merit an adjustment in how healthcare providers measure standards of care.
Researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, working with digital therapeutics company Propeller Health, have found that providers are more likely to get an accurate accounting of a patient’s health by using remote patient monitoring tools – such as digital sensors – than in surveying the patient during regular checkups.
When treating patients living with asthma, for...