HealthLeaders Media July 20, 2023
The program serves to monitor patients’ chronic conditions and enable them to take control of their health.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– The chronic disease management program was initially a COVID-to-home program, to prevent capacity issues for Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
– The program uses phone calls, and additional equipment like blood pressure cuffs where patients record the values, to monitor chronic diseases.
– In addition to providing care, Vanderbilt emphasizes education with the Chronic Disease Management Program; teaching patients how to use equipment and what symptoms to look out for.
In the early days of the pandemic, Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, set up a COVID-to-home program to prevent capacity issues for the hospital.
While it initially served to...
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