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Study: Telehealth Cuts Patient Deaths by 45%
A major mobile health implementation is getting under way, as Britain's Department of Health has indicated it wants to install remote patient monitoring in the homes of 3 million patients.
The project, dubbed 3Million Lives, is in its infancy, agency officials say. The detailed plan--including who will provide the technology, which patients will participate and which hospitals will provide the monitoring services-- "is still in the early stages of development."
But the government is convinced it's on the right road because of new findings from a large remote patient monitoring/telehealth study--the Whole System Demonstrator program. The study took place over 3 years and covered nearly 6,200 patients in 3 cities suffering from 1 of 3 primary conditions: diabetes, heart failure or COPD.
The most powerful finding: Remote monitoring reduced mortality rates by 45%.
Read the full article at: http://tinyurl.com/89paxq2
Source: Fierce Mobile Healthcare
Exploring Pharmaceutical Innovations, Trust, and Access With CVS Health's CMO
July 11th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the chief medical officer of CVS Health about recent pharmaceutical innovations, patient-provider relationships, and strategies to reduce drug costs.
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How Can Employers Leverage the DPP to Improve Diabetes Rates?
February 15th 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Jill Hutt, vice president of member services at the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health, explains the Coalition’s efforts to reduce diabetes rates through the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP).
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