Healthcare IT News December 15, 2020
Video visits, temperature sensors and wearables can replace the need for clinic visits. The pandemic has only accelerated this process – and shown the need to innovate infrastructure and make investments.
At Geisinger in Pennsylvania, a pilot program to bring care to the homes of older patients with complex healthcare needs has shown a 35% reduction in visits to the emergency department visits, a 40% drop in hospital admissions and an average annual savings of nearly $8,000 per patient. The future will see chronic disease being managed more from homes and physicians’ offices than in a hospital setting.
Chronically ill patients may not always require visiting the hospital frequently if their follow-ups and routine checkups can be managed remotely. Especially...
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