Do you find that there’s too much time in between patient visits to accurately catch worsening health? Remote patient monitoring for primary care physicians is your best option for closing this gap. RPM gives primary care providers like you the ability to manage chronic conditions, reduce hospitalizations, and improve patient engagement — all without requiring in-office visits. Here are six key benefits of integrating this service into your practice.
1. Chronic Disease Management Will Be Easier
Chronic diseases like hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease require continuous monitoring to prevent complications. RPM enables the real-time tracking of key vital signs associated with those conditions by using wearable sensors. These sensors share information directly with your clinical team for further evaluation. When your nurses see subtle changes in patient health, they can alert those patients and you before symptoms become problematic.
2. Patients Will Engage With Their Own Health
Getting patients to take a more proactive stance with their own health and actually follow their treatment plans can certainly be a challenge. RPM encourages both by providing feedback and reminders, and studies show that patients who use this technology are more satisfied with their care. Nurses can talk with patients to explain how to use their sensors, make sure those sensors are recording correctly, and troubleshoot any problems that they’re experiencing.
3. Rates of Hospital Readmissions Will Go Down
Hospital readmissions are costly for both patients and healthcare systems. By remotely checking in on those who are at high risk, primary care physicians are better able to adjust treatment plans and intervene when needed to avoid unnecessary visits. Not only will this save your patients money, but they won’t have to worry about travel, time, and other inconveniences associated with trips to the ER. This will improve overall patient satisfaction, and encourage them to continue using this technology to maintain a stronger quality of life.
4. Patients Will Stay Healthier (At Home)
For those who are already sick or immunocompromised, trips to the hospital can always have the added risk of inadvertently contracting an illness from another patient. By using RPM, you can allow patients to “isolate” at home and still get better feedback about their health than you might if they came in for normal evaluations. This keeps them safe and in environments where they’re more likely to feel comfortable and relaxed — ultimately aiding the recovery process further.
5. You’ll Reduce Admin Work and Gain More Revenue
Along with making things easier on your patients, RPM can also increase your practice’s efficiency by automating a lot of routine health monitoring. This can save you revenue and allow your staff to redirect their efforts from administration to patient care. Plus, Medicare and private insurers are expanding reimbursements for RPM services, which means you can actually use RPM as an added revenue source while actively making your patients better. (Make sure that you know the proper CPT codes so that you’re reimbursed appropriately!)
6. You’ll Have More Precise Treatments
Because RPM sensors run continuously, they record a lot of data. As long as you have enough staff to evaluate all of that information, you can leverage it to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of your medical treatments — not to mention adjust those treatment plans much more flexibly as patient health changes.
RemotePatientPro™’s Turnkey RPM Solution
We offer a comprehensive RPM solution tailored for primary care practices. Our platform provides integration with EHR systems so that there isn’t any risk of patient data getting stuck in silos, duplicated, or lost. This data preservation helps maintain continuity of care and HIPAA compliance, while our cybersecurity features protect patient data and privacy. By sharing real-time alerts and predictive analytics, our turnkey RPM program can help you:
- Prioritize high-risk patients efficiently.
- Encourage patients to follow their treatment plans.
- Improve long-term health outcomes.
Remote patient monitoring is a powerful tool that can be used to help your patients manage their conditions more effectively, offset burdens on your staff, and generate revenue for your practice. When you’re ready, we’d like to show you how. Contact us to learn more, or click the link below to schedule a demo.
