The Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) program, led by the Innovative Health Delivery team, is one of a multitude of programs that bring health care directly to where our patients live, whether a home, apartment, or a post-acute care facility.
Patients with chronic medical conditions who are discharged from a hospital admission are sent home with a personalized monitoring kit that may include a blood pressure monitor, thermometer, pulse oximeter, scale, and/or glucometer. Information obtained from the screening tools is transmitted to the patient’s supplied smart phone or tablet, and then to their electronic health record in a safe, secure manner for the RPM team to review. The transmitted data helps the care team make better decisions about a patient’s medical care while allowing the patient to remain in their post-acute care location.
The RPM program launched earlier this year. Currently, the RPM program is supporting patients with a heart failure diagnosis or at post-COVID-19 admission. Soon, the program will expand to patients with COPD.
For more information about the program, click here.
If you have questions about the RPM program, please contact Nicole Earl, Population Health Manager, at Earl-Nicole@cooperhealth.edu.