Healthcare IT News January 14, 2026
It’s been a “game-changer” in making remote patient monitoring available for all patients, says one of the health system’s telehealth leaders. A hybrid approach enables providers to serve many more patients: 500% growth over a centralized system.
Remote patient monitoring programs are not one size fits all. This is something Shannon McAllister has learned from experience.
“When we started our remote patient monitoring journey, we used a fully centralized team that was responsible for the patient from enrollment to receiving alerts and communicating with practices and patients,” said McAllister, assistant VP of population health and telemedicine and assistant VP of virtual care at WVU Medicine, part of the Morgantown-based West Virginia University Health System.
“The largest challenge this came with...







