{"id":14558,"date":"2020-04-06T19:46:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T14:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coforge.site\/cigniti\/blog\/?p=14558"},"modified":"2020-05-18T19:34:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T14:04:38","slug":"remote-patient-monitoring-medical-devices-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coforge.site\/cigniti\/blog\/remote-patient-monitoring-medical-devices-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Monitoring Devices \u2013 The digital Healthcare strategy to combat a pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the positive\u00a0<\/span>corona virus\u00a0<\/span>cases crossing over 1 million globally,\u00a0<\/span>we are at a risk of overwhelming our healthcare systems.<\/span>\u00a0Hospitals are stretching thin as the demand for critical care capacity surges and the supply falls short against the total projected number of cases.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>As per\u00a0<\/span>Mckinsey<\/span><\/a>, the critical care capacity of the hospitals needs to be increased by four to five times in the coming weeks for offering the required assistance to the patients and reducing the mortality rates.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More importantly, the centralized care delivery model in hospitals present increased risks of exposure and contraction vulnerabilities to the non-coronavirus patients.<\/span>\u00a0According to the McKinsey report, ceasing all non-emergent\u00a0<\/span>care across hos<\/span>pitals and other sites of care\u00a0<\/span>would free up to 30 percent bed capacity, caregiver capacity, and a portion of ventilator and personal protective equipment (PPE) capacity almost immediately.\u00a0<\/span>As the expansion of critical care capacity<\/span>\u00a0& a decentralized healthcare strategy are\u00a0<\/span>vital to saving lives and deal with this pandemic, we will need to move beyond the traditional methods of healthcare delivery.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to use a health care strategy that deploys resources throughout an entire community, and that\u2019s w<\/span>here remote monitoring comes in<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0says\u00a0<\/span>Raj Khandwalla<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>a physician and director of digital therapeutics for the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/span>Remote medical assistance can not only free up beds and vital equipments, but also uphold the healthcare system to battle the outbreak efficiently.\u00a0<\/span>Recently, the\u00a0<\/span>U.S. Food and Drug Administration<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>agency issued a new\u00a0<\/span>policy<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that allows manufacturers of certain FDA-cleared non-invasive, vital sign-measuring devices to expand their use so that health care providers can use them to monitor patients remotely. The devices include those that measure body temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0and blood pressure.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Implementing remote monitoring systems<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

While remote care delivery assumes great importance in the present dynamics, implementing and switching to such methods at such a scale is an enormous task for the healthcare providers.\u00a0<\/span>Digital epidemiology tools, wearable tech, AI-based chatbots, and other similar tools are seeing a sudden surge in demand. However, before implementing a remote monitoring care model, it is imperative that t<\/span>he healthcare providers for<\/span>mulate an effective strategy<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n