mHealth Intelligence July 22, 2020
Eric Wicklund

Hackensack Meridian Health and Maimonides Medical Center are launching a telehealth program that will use sensor-embedded undergarments to remotely monitor patients infected with the coronavirus.

Several hospitals in New Jersey and New York will be using smart clothing in a telehealth program aimed at providing remote care for patients infected with or suspected of having the coronavirus.

The Hackensack Meridian Health Systems, a 17-hospital system based in Edison, NJ, and Brooklyn-based Maimonides Medical Center are partnering with Nanowear on the remote patient monitoring program, which will use sensor-embedded undergarments to track physiological and biomarker data in patients at the health systems.

The project is the latest in a string of RPM programs recently launched to track and manage COVID-19 cases,...

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Topics: Digital Health, Health IT, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Technology, Telehealth, Wearables
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