Remote patient monitoring: The growing impact of digital health innovations in 2022

When it comes to Covid-19 and healthcare IT, there’s one thing everyone agrees to that telehealth has gone mainstream. Leaders are realizing the importance of improving healthcare services using collaborative software such as remote patient monitoring platforms, telemedicine apps and patient engagement solutions. Patients have started warming up to the use of remote patient monitoring solutions in the post Covid-19 world. 

The 5 key problems in healthcare in 2022 

Healthcare is so much more than simply treating patients. Changing government regulations and unforeseen challenges like the pandemic have led healthcare players to adapt their game to the current situations. A shift in consumer expectations and fast-changing technological innovations have also contributed to this. 

Here are the critical challenges healthcare will face in 2022. 

1. The rise of telehealth

The adoption of telehealth in the form of telemedicine apps, patient engagement solutions, remote patient monitoring solutions and custom healthcare software has skyrocketed recently. The percentage of consumers using telehealth in the USA surged from 11 to 46%. 76% of consumers mentioned that they’re high or moderately likely to use telehealth in the future. 

Healthcare organizations need to be ready for this increased demand with the right types of equipment, environment, technology and trained staff. 

2. Physician and staff shortage

Fatigue in the workplace, care providers and doctors being infected with the Coronavirus and the concern of infecting family members are some of the factors contributing to care provider and physician shortage.

Hospitals would need to develop potential options such as a combination of existing players/platforms and linkages between in-person and virtual care offerings to create sustainable value. 

3. Cybersecurity 

Especially in the healthcare sector, data breaches and cybersecurity have been a concern for a long time. The last two years have highlighted the vulnerability of sensitive data as more patients are turning to telehealth. From August 2020 to July 2021, the healthcare data of 44,369,781 individuals has been compromised, as per Mind Browser. 

For any healthcare provider, data protection should be a part of routine operations. You’ll need a dedicated budget to secure the infrastructure and sensitive information. 

4. Increased need for bid data analytics 

Technology enables more and more data to be generated. However, it is scattered across multiple systems including providers, payers and patients. Also, this healthcare data coming from many sources is in different formats. There is no single technology infrastructure to retrieve, store and analyze this data gathered from several sources at scale. 

Analytics can be woven into the company culture to support data-driven decision-making at the executive level. 

5. Shift in consumer expectations 

Today, customers expect a streamlined patient experience and crave convenience. For instance, being able to book appointments via the app or downloading their health records on the go. 

Both patients, doctors and healthcare staff will need access to the latest data at all times across devices. 

For healthcare organizations, it is crucial to find new ways to improve patient outcomes, reduce cost and improve productivity at the organizational level. RPM (remote patient monitoring solution) can help overcome these roadblocks to help you build a more sustainable healthtech business.

How is the gen-next RPM patient engagement solution poised to solve healthcare problems in 2022 and beyond? 

1. Shorter wait times 

An RPM goes beyond the old practice of sending phone call reminders to patients. A remote patient monitoring solution allows healthcare providers to get in touch with their patients by sending appointment reminders that the patient can confirm. This extends to both virtual and in-person consultations. Physicians can send automated notifications and provide incentives motivating patients to prevent no-shows. 

2. Solves physician shortage

Virtual home health services provided by a patient engagement solution let patients leverage virtual visits. Evaluation, patient and caregiver education, tracking the patient’s vital signs and symptoms and implementing a treatment therapy using data collected can be enabled by the RPM. 

In other words, patients and immunocompromised individuals can receive utmost care even when they are sitting at home instead of waiting in clinics where practicing social distancing could be challenging. 

3. Tracks vitals using wearable devices 

Sophisticated monitoring capabilities of RPM capture a deep picture of the patient’s health. By looking at sustained trends across multiple vital signs, clinical monitoring separates signals from noise and alerts the caretaker in case of any abnormality. Improving patient outcomes and the cost of care are two benefits of using remote patient monitoring solutions. 

4. Safeguards cybersecurity attacks

Be it a remote patient monitoring solution or patient engagement solution, your telemedicine software should be able to manage risks involving cybersecurity. A custom healthcare software development company such as Knovator Technologies builds next-gen HIPPA compliant and secure RPM software. 

5. Boosts patient-physician-provider experience 

The omnichannel care model (a mix of telehealth and in-person care) facilitated by remote patient monitoring platforms provides virtual care to patients. This allows clinicians to better manage patients with chronic conditions, digital coaching and continuity of care. Overall, tailored patient-centric workflows delivered remotely can boost patient and clinicians experience. 

How does RPM help physicians and care providers? 

There is an uptick in the usage of clinical-grade wearables, remote patient monitoring software and AI-based predictive analytics. RPM, data-driven patient monitoring software and patient engagement solutions help providers shorten the waiting times, solve physician shortage, improve the tracking of vital signs and boost patient-provider interactions while safeguarding cybersecurity attacks. 

How can Knovator Technologies help? 

The next generation of remote patient monitoring solutions and patient engagement platforms developed by Knovator Technologies enables clinicians to leverage the full potential of virtual care and telehealth. The last two years brought to light the need for increasing requirements to engage with broader portions of the healthcare delivery systems. The RPM software by Knovator Technologies allows healthcare organizations to build omnichannel care models delivering a large part of clinic visits virtually or nearly virtually, to embedding virtual services in home care models for chronic treatment. 

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Putting it together 

The current crisis has demonstrated the need for telehealth apps and created an opportunity to modernize healthcare systems. The winners will be those who invest to build technology capabilities at scale and deliver high-quality care to consumers. Remote patient monitoring solutions and patient engagement solutions are embedding telehealth in the care continuum at a rapid pace.