Becker's Healthcare August 7, 2020
While telehealth adoption has skyrocketed during the coronavirus pandemic, the use of remote patient monitoring devices has also climbed among patients, signaling a shift that some physicians say points to the need for device insurance coverage, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Cardiology patients at Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network have been increasingly turning to remote monitoring devices to capture vitals data that would otherwise require them to see their physician in person. Indu Poornima, MD, director of AHN’s preventive cardiology section, told the publication that since March, more than 50 percent of her patients now have at least one remote monitoring device.
Remote monitoring devices and wearables can collect patient information such as blood pressure, heart rates and electrocardiogram, but can...
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