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Remote patient monitoring coupled with technology-enabled, guideline-directed clinical care—or remote patient care (RPC)—has consistently led to improved outcomes for Medicare patients with chronic diseases. This retrospective analysis included patients enrolled into an RPC program from July 1, 2022 to October 31, 2023 from primary care and cardiology clinics across 15 states.  Findings:

Across large, real-world populations with diabetes, hypertension, and obesity, participation in RPM has produced substantial and sustained clinical improvements – reductions in TCOC and physiological measures, such as fasting blood glucose, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and meaningful weight loss. These improvements scale with both engagement intensity and program duration. Findings suggest that RPM functions as a therapeutically… Read more: HealthSnap: RPM and CCM Are Improving Cardiology Patient Outcomes

A technology-enabled RPC provider enrolled patients into an RPC hypertension program from February 2022 to June 2024. Using vitals automatically transmitted from a cellular-enabled blood pressure (BP) cuff and scheduled visits, clinicians leveraged technology-enabled clinical protocols to drive engagement and improve hypertension control. The analysis found:

This study demonstrates the association between remote patient monitoring (RPM) with care coaching and a significant reduction in high blood pressure in Medicare patients. Hypertension remains a significant public health concern worldwide, contributing to a substantial burden of cardiovascular disease and related mortality and leading to an annual health care cost of approximately $131 billion in the US. Annual… Read more: American Journal of Managed Care: Effect of Remote Patient Monitoring on Stage 2 Hypertension