3 Ways RPM Helps Providers Manage Heart Disease
More and more clinicians are providing RPM to their patients with chronic diseases, including those with heart disease. This shift to remote patient monitoring, which is a patient-centric delivery model rather than a clinic-centric one, is no coincidence.
Chronic disease in the U.S. is increasingly prevalent, comprising almost 90% of healthcare costs, and 8 out of 10 hospital admissions!
By allowing their patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) to play a more active role in their management and health care via RPM, clinicians are finding that they are able to:
Get a more detailed view into a patient’s health history and behavior via the data gathered by the RPM technology
Better detect a patient’s adherence or noncompliance to a current treatment
Implement protocols to prevent and avoid costly acute care episodes
Naturally, clinicians who implement RPM into their services are better able to manage and control heart disease, which remains the leading cause of death in the U.S. for both men and women!
The Effect of RPM on Hypertension:
One major risk factor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) that providers who offer remote patient monitoring can manage and control more efficiently is hypertension, which is projected to affect over 40% of adults in the U.S. by 2035 according to the American Heart Association.
If that is not daunting enough, the increasing healthcare costs associated with hypertension are projected to surpass a whopping $150 billion by 2035, the majority of which stem from expensive hospital visits that occur due to acute hypertension-related health scares.
Additionally, RPM has been shown to reduce blood pressure, both systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP). When compared to patient self-monitoring alone, remote patient monitoring has a greater impact on overall blood pressure control.
That said, providers who are proactive and are offering RPM to their patients with cardiovascular disease may play a major role in the next couple of decades by:
Improving hypertension control
Lessening the economic burden of hypertension
Reducing the prevalence of CVD in the U.S.
RPM Increases Care and Cost Savings:
According to a study conducted by the New England Health Care Institute, the RPM-related cost savings for patients with class III and IV heart failure, compared to standard care is more than readmissions, compared to patients who only received standard care.
All in all, evidence-based RPM is a cost-effective healthcare delivery model that offers physicians and their patients many benefits, including the ability to effectively track, manage and control risk factors associated with chronic diseases like CVD.
To learn how to implement RPM technology into your practice contact us today at info@lucidact.com or schedule a call now.