Fierce Health Payers April 1, 2020
Heather Landi

Remote monitoring is necessary to provide more capacity for an already stressed health system, according to healthcare leaders.

Washington-based Providence St. Joseph Health worked with two digital health startups to quickly deploy remote monitoring technology for COVID-19 patients.

The health system is currently among those treating some of the largest numbers of patients who have been diagnosed with or are at risk of contracting the COVID-19 virus, largely because of its significant presence in Seattle, an epicenter of the pandemic.

Providence worked with Xealth, a digital prescribing platform, to roll out startup Twistle’s care automation and remote monitoring tools in just four days, the organizations said.

Several health systems are using the Twistle app to check in with patients and...

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