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The Top Patient Education Companies Report is intended to provide healthcare leaders with a broad view of digital patient education and showcase standout companies and solutions with proven market traction. Users can view quick summaries to help them identify which solutions might meet their needs and visit AVIA Connect to access detailed profiles and verified client lists, compare solutions, and generate Match Scores to narrow their selections.

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If your accountable care organization (ACO) hasn’t adopted a comprehensive remote patient monitoring solution yet—or the solution you do have is a bit lacking—this is your wake-up call to examine your options. The best remote patient monitoring solutions on the market are powerful, agile tools that can help ACOs reduce in-person visits and clinic workload while preventing unnecessary emergency department visits and hospital readmissions. The newest generation of virtual care and remote monitoring platforms can be scaled and customized to fit patients in every walk of life with an enormous variety of health conditions, from chronic disease prevention to hospital at home care.

Remote patient monitoring isn’t a novel idea in pediatrics—for certain chronic pediatric conditions, it’s been the standard of care for years. But recent device and software innovations, coupled with the larger shift toward virtual care, mean that pediatric hospitals have more and better options than ever. User-friendly patient engagement tools and flexible device options keep patients and caregivers/parents involved in the care process and more likely to adhere to recommended care plans. Providers can take advantage of better data collection and sophisticated data analysis tools to inform treatment recommendations, decrease hospital and clinic traffic, decrease their administrative burden and boost revenue.

What do academic health systems want when it comes to digital care and remote patient monitoring products? It’s complicated, according to a 2021 Healthcare Innovation report. Remote monitoring and other virtual care solutions must make sense for individual institutions, integrate smoothly into clinical operations, offer clear financial benefits, operate within the existing IT infrastructure and serve the institution’s commitment to education and the community. Fortunately, a wealth of versatile, scalable, almost infinitely customizable options exist to help care teams at academic medical centers deliver cost-effective remote care to just about anyone, anywhere—regardless of age, tech literacy or access to devices. Other platforms are even being utilized to identify study candidates and remotely collect data to support decentralized clinical trials.

Available digital healthcare solutions are evolving and improving rapidly, transforming how healthcare organizations meet patients’ needs. Few healthcare facilities have stood to benefit from the rise of telehealth technology as much as rural hospitals, which often serve as the primary source of outpatient services for underserved local communities. But recently, rural hospitals have struggled to sustain the high levels of outpatient care they typically provide. Additionally, hospitals in rural areas rank last when it comes to telehealth adoption, which has left them poorly prepared to take part in the shift to virtual-first care and put their financial health at risk. According to a recent McKinsey report, that will soon change, as rural hospitals increasingly turn to remote patient monitoring solutions to provide better, more accessible primary care and improve coordination with regionally scarce specialists. To do so, they’ll need to choose the right platform for their use case.

AccendoWave’s Remote Monitoring Solution objectively measures pain and provides real-time pain data. Pain is one of the primary reasons patients access health care and a primary driver of cost, but since pain data can’t be extracted from electronic health records, health systems don’t have any data or insight about these costs. Additionally, pain has a bias problem: women and pain, ethnicity and pain, seniors and pain. Their number one complaint is often that their pain isn’t believed. If health care systems are serious about their health equity pledges, they must address pain bias with technology to validate patient pain. Retraining the entire clinical workforce just isn’t an option.

Nuvo’s mission is to give every life a better beginning. Nuvo was founded to address the very intimate challenges that parents face throughout the various stages of pregnancy. We believe that both clinicians and parents would benefit from more and better real-time data to improve pregnancy outcomes and reduce worry and stress. INVU provides a remote pregnancy monitoring platform so that physicians can monitor and consult mothers as needed in the comfort of their own environments, no matter where they are.

Perx Health is a chronic care company building the world’s highest-engaging chronic care programs. Poor patient engagement and treatment adherence are the biggest challenges for payers and providers when it comes to delivering chronic care. To truly deliver better health outcomes at a lower cost, Perx developed its patient-centric digital care platform to engage and serve any patient, regardless of their condition complexity, level of health literacy or socioeconomic status.

Babyscripts offers a clinically validated obstetrics-specific solution for remote delivery of precision pregnancy care. Through a mobile app and remote monitoring experiences, it targets the problems generated from the critical shortage of obstetrical providers in the U.S., as well as systemic and structural failures that create barriers to care for low-income and minority women. Our solution addresses an outdated model for pregnancy care, social determinants of health barriers and an increasing demand for virtual care solutions. Across the country, hospitals are closing their OB or ED units, making it harder to access quality care for delivery and forcing parents to travel farther for their appointments. Half of rural counties do not have a practicing OB-GYN and more are lacking a midwife.

What started in 2011 as a San Diego cardiology practice monitoring patient vitals has blossomed into a company that coordinates the daily remote monitoring of over 50,000 patients nationwide. Our experience with software design, along with integration with multiple electronic health record (EHR) vendors and multiple digital device vendors, enables MD Revolution to create solutions for a variety of remote monitoring challenges, all running simultaneously on our platform, RevUp.

HealthSnap is an integrated virtual care platform that helps healthcare organizations improve patient outcomes, reduce utilization and diversify revenue streams. We offer chronic disease-agnostic remote patient monitoring (RPM) to AI-guided care coordination, chronic condition management (CCM), patented billing reports, population analytics and more. Our platform simplifies remote management of chronic conditions.

Stel–short for Simple Tech Everyone Loves–was established to facilitate simple and straightforward data collection with minimal setup and low barriers to use for both clinicians and patients. The proprietary Stel Vitals Hub collects and securely transmits data from Bluetooth-enabled monitoring devices, flowing it directly to the EHR without requiring WiFi or a smartphone app.

SeamlessMD's Digital Care Journey platform is designed to guide patients through the care process, one step at a time. Accessible through mobile devices and desktop computers, patients receive step-by-step instructions, reminders and education, while providers can remotely monitor patient status and rely on analytics and customizable alerts to support timely clinical intervention.

PeriGen's goal: To help clinicians spend less time on manual calculations and checklists and more time on direct patient care. Their AI-powered perinatal software solutions use advanced data analysis and customizable parameters and notifications to enhance clinical efficiency, standardize care across enterprises and provide critical early warning when problems arise during childbirth.

Asthma and COPD are costly and common chronic illnesses, and adherence to care plans, which usually involve daily inhaler use, is critical to improving outcomes, enhancing quality of life and controlling costs. Propeller Health aims to improve clinical outcomes through treatment plan adherence with its FDA-cleared namesake platform.

Founded in 2015, Current Health pulls together all the necessary components to design, build and scale remote care for patients with a variety of health conditions and acuity levels. Current Health offers software and devices, nurse monitoring and triage to support care teams and inventory and logistics for patient kits.

Myia Health's data-driven operating system supports patients and clinicians across the care continuum, including inpatient monitoring, hospital at home, 30-day readmission avoidance and traditional remote patient monitoring.

Rimidi is a cloud-based clinical management platform that enables personalized management of health conditions across populations. The physician-created platform consolidates clinical data from the EHR and patient-generated data into a unified view for clinicians with configurable clinical decision support tools.

Carium’s virtual care solution is a single flexible, scalable platform that offers real-time data collection and analytics, simple communication, intelligent automation and patient education and behavioral support tools. The device and condition-agnostic platform can be adapted to meet the needs of patients across the acuity spectrum, with use cases that include hospital at home, primary care, chronic disease management, employee wellness and health coaching.

For decades, remote patient monitoring (RPM) consisted of paper logs to track vital signs and symptoms and phone calls between appointments. While blood pressure logs and weight tracking were useful for individual patients, there was no practical way to design, deploy and scale a remote patient monitoring program for an entire patient population. But rapid hardware and software innovation, coupled with the widespread adoption of desktop and mobile devices, made smart and efficient remote patient monitoring a reality.

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Drew Schiller is co-founder and CEO at Validic. Drew is Board Chair of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Health Division and a member of the CTA Executive Board. Drew also serves on the Board for the eHealth Initiative (eHI) and the North Carolina Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED). Drew served as a Team Member for the Clinical Trials Transformation Institute (CTTI) project Advancing the Use of Mobile Technologies for Data Capture & Improved Clinical Trials. Drew was also a member of the Federal Advisory Committee joint HITPC/HITSC API Task Force on Meaningful Use 3, which created the framework for the new patient health data interoperability and API requirements.

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Top Remote Patient Monitoring Companies Report

The Top Remote Monitoring Companies Report is a resource designed to guide healthcare professionals in their quest for exceptional remote monitoring solutions. This report offers perspective on prominent remote monitoring companies as reflected in the client reviews gathered on AVIA Marketplace and presents a selection of leading-edge solutions and companies.

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is the ability for patients to share biometric and other data from a non-clinical setting, like their home, with their care team as part of a provider-supported program of care. Populations who most benefit from RPM are patients with uncontrolled chronic conditions such as hypertension, congestive heart failure, and diabetes; seniors with multiple and complex conditions; and patients with a rising risk of the conditions listed above.

Read about the six key challenges care providers are facing when implementing care in the home programs and learn how Biofourmis can partner with you to provide a value-based solution.

Learn how integrating RPM into your digital care strategy to serve multiple patient populations improves outcomes, care delivery, and reduces costs.

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What is remote monitoring? Remote monitoring provides the ability for patients to share physiological or other data with their care teams from home or other locations outside of a traditional in-person clinical encounter.

Conversational AI is an advanced technology that allows machines to understand, process, and respond to human language in a way that is both contextually relevant and interactive. Within the healthcare sector, this technology is increasingly deployed to automate routine tasks and deliver a more robust and personalized patient experience. Conversational AI leverages a combination of machine learning, natural language processing, and occasionally deep learning to interpret and respond to user inputs, with a conversational user interface that mimics human interaction. Digital health companies deploy conversational AI through chatbots, voice assistants, messaging apps, or any other type of platform where natural language interactions occur.

What is the digital front door? Digital front door describes a set of interactive and transaction-ready capabilities to enable digital interactions between patients and health systems throughout the care journey, from pre-service to follow-up and payment. When leveraged appropriately, a digital front door strategy can improve patient experiences, drive access, and reduce (or eliminate) reliance on paper-based workflows and manual processes.

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Patients demand convenient healthcare access akin to online services. A robust digital front door, integrating online scheduling, telehealth, patient portals, symptom checkers, and payment management, is crucial. It offers a competitive edge by enhancing accessibility, patient loyalty, brand perception, market reach, revenue, and leveraging data for insights, ensuring health systems meet modern expectations and stay competitive. Modern patients rightly demand that healthcare access be as straightforward as ordering a meal online or hailing a ride, which is still far from the norm.

According to a report from Accenture, patients are increasingly switching providers, and at least a portion say it’s because of the digital experience. In fact, the report goes on to show that digital engagement is a strong predictor of loyalty. Increasingly, patients say they are less likely to stay with a provider who doesn’t provide a good digital experience, and a bad digital experience effects how they feel about their entire healthcare interaction. In other words, great care or bedside manner doesn’t mean a patient will stay if the rest of their experience doesn’t meet their needs.

In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, health system CIOs, Innovation, Strategy, and Marketing executives are faced with a daunting task: selecting the optimal digital front door solution from a sea of options. This abundance of choices often leads to decision paralysis, costly DIY endeavors, or the adoption of solutions that fail to deliver value to consumers and yield no return on investment.

A consumer-grade digital patient experience solution must facilitate the holistic integration of all patient data, disparate technology solutions, and care services to deliver an experience that’s worth investing in — for both the patient and the health system at large. Otherwise, organizations risk introducing yet another fragmented solution into the market, one that fails to adequately address the diverse needs of patients.

In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, optimizing revenue cycle management (RCM) in healthcare is paramount for providers aiming to maintain financial health while delivering exceptional patient care. However, traditional RCM solutions suffer from glaring inefficiencies that lead to frustrated patients and lost revenue. Enter the digital front door (DFD)—a holistic approach that enhances RCM by digitizing and centralizing various aspects of the patient journey. By streamlining everything from intake to bill pay, the DFD drives efficiency and addresses many of the shortcomings of traditional RCM along the way.

As health systems seek out new ways to improve patient engagement, deliver a more consumer-centric experience, and expand capacity, having a clear digital front door strategy has become an increasingly essential component of their efforts.

The future of healthcare hinges on the powerful synergy between advanced technology and human expertise. The integration of AI is not just a trend but a pressing necessity. Patients are no longer willing to endure long wait times and often switch providers if their expectations for timely service are unmet. Additionally, the heavy workload and stress experienced by healthcare professionals in an overwhelmed system highlight the urgency of adopting AI solutions. AI’s transformative impact on the healthcare sector addresses the critical need for improved patient care and operational efficiency. By strategically integrating augmented intelligence at various touchpoints, health systems can streamline the care journey and offer a comprehensive digital front-door experience, resulting in increased patient satisfaction and higher-quality professional time.

In today’s digital age, a robust digital front door is not a luxury but a necessity for health systems aiming to meet patient expectations, improve operational efficiency, and stay competitive. By adopting a comprehensive DFD strategy, health systems not only enhance the patient experience but also achieve significant operational and financial benefits. As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, the digital front door will play an increasingly central role in shaping the future of patient care and fostering patient loyalty.

The Digital Front Door (DFD) methodology has emerged as a pivotal element in enhancing patient engagement, streamlining operations, and ensuring a competitive advantage. In a 2022 KLAS Top of Mind Research Report, 55% of healthcare leaders stated that their organization uses some form of DFD technology. The organizations that didn’t yet have one said it was on their radar for later implementation.

Patient education is a critical aspect of the modern care delivery experience and when leveraged appropriately, can positively impact every part of the care continuum. Read our comprehensive guide to learn the key components of digital education and what to look for when choosing a solution for your health system.

SeamlessMD provides a digital care journey platform for hospitals and health systems to engage, monitor, and stay connected with patients throughout the care continuum. More than 35 clinical studies and evaluations have shown SeamlessMD to improve the patient experience while reducing length of stay, ED visits, and readmissions. Large health systems like UAB, Intermountain, Atrium, University Hospitals, MultiCare, Baystate and others rely on SeamlessMD to elevate the patient experience, improve outcomes, and lower costs. Patients access digital care plans on their smartphones, tablets, or computers and are guided via reminders, evidence-based education, and progress tracking. Providers receive alerts, monitor patients, and access analytics to deliver better care. SeamlessMD is directly integrated with leading EHRs solutions such as Epic, Oracle Cerner, and MEDITECH.

Since its founding in 1975, Healthwise has earned a reputation as one of the most respected patient education companies in the industry, with a broad portfolio of solutions to inform healthcare consumers at all points across the care continuum. Healthwise solutions enable physicians to deliver health education at the point of care, with content that includes instructions, videos, and decision support tools for patients. Health systems can also use Healthwise content to augment their content libraries, support digital care journeys, and implement standards-based education. All content reflects current standards of care and is designed to help providers and payers meet patients exactly where they are.

Krames’ patient education and health literacy solutions were created to standardize education, meet compliance goals, and improve the patient experience, with materials available in a variety of formats and languages to meet patients wherever they are. Clinical education is developed at a fourth to sixth grade reading level, with engaging visual content to support learning objectives, and is available in 17 languages. Patients can receive critical education wherever they are with solutions that enable delivery through mobile devices, hospital televisions, and even traditional printed materials, with more than 600 available titles across 40 specialties.

Orbita embraces an all-encompassing view of patient education–we believe that education should be viewed as the objective and outcome of virtually any patient interaction. It includes not only education about diseases, conditions, and treatment, but also guidance for patients to help them effectively engage with the health system and clinical staff before, during and after encounters.

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