Remote monitoring rule could ultimately drive down healthcare costs
By
Dani Bradnan
May 18, 2021
Despite discovering the myriad benefits of remote monitoring over the past year due to the necessity of COVID-19, a December final rule around reimbursement severely disincentivizes providers from using...
Brain implant therapy for Parkinson’s now can be managed remotely, test shows
By
Alicia Lasek
May 04, 2021
Researchers now can wirelessly stream brain activity from patients with Parkinson’s disease as they go about their normal daily activities, and better adjust treatment delivered by an implanted deep...
ONE DAY TO GO: Online Forum offers new COVID-19 strategies Thursday
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 31, 2021
Providers can learn new strategies to thrive despite the pandemic during Thursday’s 10th McKnight’s Online Forum, hosted by McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and McKnight’s Senior Living.
AliveCor’s ECG algorithm gets FDA nod
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 25, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration has given clearance to AliveCor’s next generation of interpretive ECG algorithms, used in personal cardiology devices to support telemedicine. AliveCor’s KardiaMobile...
Are smart healthcare facilities the wave of the future?
By
Joel Landau
Nov 06, 2020
Amid the horrors of the coronavirus pandemic, there was a hopeful glimpse of healthcare’s future. And it came from the very epicenter of the outbreak — Wuhan, China — where in the early days of March,...
‘Game-changer’ $900K grant funds remote patient-monitoring, telehealth tools to fight coronavirus
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2020
The Federal Communications Commission has awarded New Jersey-based provider United Methodist Communities a $909,560 grant to fund a remote patient-monitoring platform and telehealth software licenses for...
Value-based care success requires patient adherence and the right technology
By
Mark Heinemeyer
Sep 28, 2016
Across healthcare, organizations are faced with the challenge of adapting long-standing workflows and care routines in order to succeed under new value-based care models.
Honeywell releases patient monitoring device
Mar 24, 2015
Honeywell Life Care Solutions has released a new version of its Genesis Touch wireless remote patient monitoring device.
Honeywell Introduces remote patient monitor
Oct 14, 2014
Honeywell has launched the HomMed Genesis DM™ v4.15, a new version of the remote patient monitor with new peripheral devices.
Care Innovations’ product now FDA-cleared for home
Sep 24, 2013
Care Innovations™ Connect RCM (Remote Clinical Management) is now FDA-cleared for use in a home care setting, the company said.