by Bruce Brown | January 11, 2021 | Health
Biosensor wearables, telemedicine, and remote patient management (RPM) feature in our posts frequently. The pace of RPM and telemedicine developments increased with COVID-19 due to the increased risk from person-to-person contact. Santa Clara-based HD Medical Group...
by Bruce Brown | January 6, 2021 | Medical
We’ve written many times about the just-in-time and reduced contact benefics of telemedicine, telehealth, and remote patient monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before painting the picture with too rosy a brush, however, a new report based on research by...
by Bruce Brown | December 31, 2020 | Medical
According to a study published by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), more than 2.5 million people in the U.S. develop pressure ulcers each year. Pressure ulcers — also called bedsores — occur often with patients in hospitals but...
by Bruce Brown | December 25, 2020 | Medical
The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the growing value of telemedicine. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) and patient-clinician engagement without in-person meetings improve timely intervention while protecting high-risk individuals from viral infection at both ends of the...
by Bruce Brown | December 22, 2020 | Medical
We’ve written about the telehealth expansion for several years. Early applications focused on remote patient care, resource-allocation by budget-strained institutions and governments, and patient access to specialists. As telehealth and telemedicine developed,...