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Key Takeaways:

Early Detection Makes the Difference: When providers detect fluctuations early, they can make proactive choices to prevent the need for hospital readmissions.

Patient Empowerment Increases Engagement: Making real-time health data available empowers patients to take a more active role in their recovery.

Better Communication Equals Better Outcomes: Communication is crucial, especially after a hospitalization. RPM makes it possible to stay in touch when it matters most.

The Role of RPM in Modern Healthcare

The advancement of technology has made huge strides across the healthcare industry. One of those breakthroughs is in remote patient monitoring (RPM). RPM is a new innovation in patient care that allows providers and caregivers to monitor their patients through devices like blood pressure monitors, glucose meters, and wearable sensors like smart watches. These devices keep patients and their providers connected, ensuring that early warning signs and other acute issues are detected before they become more serious.
In a recent article, we explored how RPM monitoring can help prevent emergency room visits. However, it is not always possible to avoid hospital visits, and sometimes routine surgeries are necessary. So, how can RPM be a part of reducing hospital readmission? Is it possible that these innovative new tools can be a part of supporting recovery and make better patient outcomes possible? The answer is yes!

Reducing Hospital Readmissions with RPM

Did you know that 23% of patients end up back in the hospital due to a lack of home support? At Accessible Remote Care Management, we know how beneficial in-home care can be for recovery.
It has been proven that having someone, especially a trained and experienced in-home caregiver, at home to oversee your loved one’s health and well-being not only helps them follow through with their post-stay instructions but also increases the chances of positive health outcomes.

RPM is no different, except who instead of a caregiver that comes only during scheduled visits your family is equipped with 24/7 monitoring. The benefits of this level of care post-operatively can quickly add up, making this innovative solution a force to be reckoned with in senior care.

Early Detection and Intervention

RPM systems involve a blend of wearable devices and other technology to collect real-time data. They track vital signs closely and alert caregivers and medical providers when there is a deviation from a patient’s baseline. Those alerts make it possible for your senior’s care team to promptly intervene and begin problem-solving solutions that prevent health conditions from worsening. Early detection makes it possible to address issues and keep your loved one healthy and on track for recovery.

Patient Empowerment Through Data

Recovering from an emergency room visit or hospitalization due to surgery can feel disempowering. For many seniors, it can feel like they are no longer in control of their health. However, with RPM systems like Accessible Remote Care Management’s HealthVitals® platform, patients are able to see their own vitals and get more involved in their own care.

By fostering a sense of ownership, seniors will feel more comfortable adhering to their treatment plans, reducing complications and leading to better health outcomes.

Personalized and Proactive Care

The days and weeks after hospitalization are crucial to ensuring your senior loved ones recover to their full potential. By allowing their care-team to analyze real-time data, RPM platforms make it possible for healthcare teams to make adjustments specific to your family member’s personal experience. Not only does this assist in preventing readmissions, but the tailored approach offers your family the peace of mind that your loved one’s care is personalized and proactive, making recovery a goal that is easily within their grasp.

Better Communication for Better Outcomes

Before the era of remote patient monitoring, patients would have to wait for their post-operative appointments with their care team to know how well their recovery was going. With RPM, your senior loved one will have a direct channel to connect with their providers. Instead of waiting to get answers to their questions and concerns, patients are now able to make their own in-the-moment decisions about their health outcomes.

Making Recovery A Priority

Here at Accessible Remote Care Monitoring, we know that the best place for recovery is at home. When your senior loved one is able to prioritize their health while also being in a familiar place, their health and well-being increases.

Adding RPM to their care plan makes recovery even easier. The National Institute of Health agrees: a 2024 study revealed that RPM reduced hospitalizations, emergency room visits, and total hospital stays significantly. Not only does RPM reduce readmissions, but it also improves patient outcomes by making recovery an interactive and collaborative process between your senior loved one and their care team.

Including RPM in your family’s care and recovery plan can make the difference between being readmitted and recovering at home. And, with our years of experience in in-home healthcare, Accessible Remote Care Management is dedicated to making sure that seniors feel empowered and engaged in their recovery.

To learn more about what HealthVitals® can do for your family, contact us today. We’re here to help and cannot wait to be a part of improving the health and well-being of the seniors in your life.

An unplanned trip to the emergency room is a scenario no one wants. For the seniors managing chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes, or COPD, everyday life can often feel like a tightrope walk. Subtle changes between doctor visits can quickly build into a health emergency if not monitored.

How Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Makes a Difference:

• Early Detection: Continuous monitoring of vital signs helps identify potential issues before they become emergencies.

• Proactive Intervention: Care teams can respond quickly with medication adjustments, remote consultations, or lifestyle guidance.

• Chronic Disease Management: Keeps conditions like heart failure and diabetes under control to reduce acute episodes.

• Improved Engagement: Seniors and families can view health data in real time, empowering active participation in care.

• Peace of Mind: RPM provides reassurance and reduces the stress of worrying about potential health crises.

The good news is that we are moving beyond this purely reactive model of care. The future of healthcare isn’t just about treating illness; it is about creating a safer, more predictable quality of life for the seniors in your life and giving caregivers a greater peace of mind.

In this blog, we explore how RPM blends timely data, proactive support, and collaboration with your senior’s providers to help you and your family thrive safely at home and ensure those stressful, avoidable emergency room visits become a thing of the past.

Preventing Emergencies by Monitoring Health

In a recent article, we took a look at the benefits of remote patient monitoring. But, the benefits extend beyond just increased independence and medication adherence. When your family has teamed up with a remote patient monitoring platform like Accessible Remote Care Management’s 24/7 HealthVitals, you can trust that they are partnered with a team of professionals committed to their health and wellness.

There are many ways RPM ensures the senior in your life not only thrives, but is able to catch health issues before they turn into an emergency. Here’s how:

Early Detection

Remote patient monitoring allows your senior loved one’s care team to continuously monitor vital signs like blood pressure, heart rate, blood glucose, and oxygen saturation. When a significant change, abnormal trend, or dramatic fluctuation is identified, the RPM platform can trigger an alert, prompting their care team to investigate. Detecting issues early allows your senior and their team to make proactive adjustments to their care plan to prevent worsening symptoms and improve their quality of life.

Proactive Intervention

Since RPM makes early detection easier, it allows healthcare providers to intervene earlier. With enough warning, providers can take measures like adjustment to medications, schedule remote consultations or in-office check-ups, and offer advice on lifestyle changes, often resolving issues at home. For example, a senior with congestive heart failure can be monitored for symptoms like weight gain and low oxygen levels, allowing their care team to address the issue before it leads to a full-blown emergency.

Chronic Disease Management

Remote Patient Monitoring is especially helpful for managing chronic conditions like heart failure and diabetes where exacerbations often lead to a sudden need for emergency care. By keeping these conditions under control, RPM reduces the likelihood of acute episodes. Living with chronic disease does not need to be a constant balance of anxiety about what could happen–RPM provides peace of mind, while also helping make chronic diseases easier to manage from home.

Improved Engagement

RPM allows seniors and their families to see health data in real time This transparency fosters confidence that the treatment plans are effective while also bringing you into the process. RPM makes it possible for seniors to become more invested in their health and empowered with the same data that their doctors have. By engaging directly with their health, RPM can improve health outcomes and prevent trips to the emergency room before they happen.

ACRM is Your Partner in Remote Care

When RPM becomes part of a senior’s healthcare plan, it improves quality of life, empowers patients, and helps detect underlying health issues before they become emergencies.
Accessible Remote Care Management designed HealthVitals from the ground up to provide patients and providers with a user-friendly platform that is reliable and flexible, allowing providers to access the crucial information they need to support their patients. We also offer a variety of services, from remote physical therapy to remote brain care, for patients looking to monitor their health from the comfort of their home.

To learn more about what we have to offer, do not hesitate to contact us. At Accessible Remote Care Management, we cannot wait to be a part of your family’s healthcare journey.

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