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- How does remote patient monitoring work?
- What is the difference between telehealth and remote patient monitoring?
- Who can remote patient monitor?
How does remote patient monitoring work?
Remote patient monitoring, also referred to as remote physiologic monitoring, is the use of digital technologies to monitor and capture medical and other health data from patients and electronically transmit this information to healthcare providers for assessment and, when necessary, recommendations and instructions.
What is the difference between telehealth and remote patient monitoring?
Simply put, where remote patient monitoring refers to the use of a specific technology to facilitate interaction between clinicians and patients at home, telehealth is a broader term that refers to the entire industry, methodology and technologies that enable that type of healthcare.
Who can remote patient monitor?
They include: An established patient-physician relationship is required. But there does not have to be an established relationship between the patient and physician for the duration of the public health emergency. Consent to receive remote physiologic monitoring services at the time services are furnished is allowed.
