MobiHealth News November 4, 2022
Ochsner Health Chief Digital Officer Dr. Denise Basow discusses the health system’s remote monitoring pilot program for Medicaid patients with chronic conditions like hypertension and Type 2 diabetes.
Louisiana-based Ochsner Health embarked on its digital medicine program for monitoring chronic conditions several years ago, before the COVID-19 pandemic upended the healthcare system and pushed more patients and providers to consider virtual care.
Amid the pandemic, Ochsner launched a pilot focused on remotely monitoring Medicaid patients in Louisiana with conditions like hypertension and Type 2 diabetes.
The health system recently released results after the first year of the pilot, noting half of out-of-control hypertension patients had the condition under control after 90 days, while 59% of patients with poorly controlled...
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