Search Tag: remote patient monitoring
Sociodemographic Differences in Virtual Care Adoption
2020 08 Dec
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated growth in the use of telemedicine, which helps curb the further spread of the virus. However, as shown in a new U.S. study (Gilson et al. 2020), there are differences in how patients use virtual visits (telephone vs. video) based on sociodemographic factors such as age, sex, race, digital literacy and insurance.... Read more
mHealth for Traumatic Injury Monitoring
2020 06 Oct
A pilot study, led by Penn Nursing (Jacoby et al. 2020), indicates that mobile health (mHealth) technology could be used for real-time monitoring and assessment of long-term traumatic injury outcomes. You might also like: Smart Diagnostics with Wearable Devices: Principles and Applications In addition, the study shows that use... Read more
Remote Patient Monitoring for Safe and Effective Management of COVID-19 Patients
2020 28 Sep
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) and the role it can play in the early detection of COVID-19 complications, increasing patient safety, and reducing the risk of spreading infection. The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has posed immense challenges to medical professionals around the world. As personal interactions between medical professionals... Read more