RPM for Acute Care
Effective post-treatment RPM
Post-acute care is a crucial aspect of healthcare services, with providers and organizations treating around 15 million people annually, including 8.6 million patients undergoing rehabilitative treatment plans.
Wanda RPM enables post-acute care providers to track data and metrics, ensure patients are not exposed to risk, and reduce the number of readmissions by monitoring progress and recovery with accurate, real-time data.
Clients and Partners
Why Wanda RPM for Post-Acute Care
Patients discharged from the hospital following any injury, illness, surgery, or treatment plan are substantially more likely to need to visit an emergency medical center or require follow-up care. In some circumstances, post-acute care patients also remain in a specialist facility while they recuperate.
The technological nature of RPM has several applications both in post-acute care patients who have been discharged and returned home and to those within residential rehabilitation settings or full-time care environments.
Medical professionals use RPM devices to track vital signs – a particularly essential factor when patients are recovering from acute care at home. They can monitor measurements such as heart rate, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure to identify any concerns and react swiftly if there is an early indication of a developing complication.
One of the largest challenges in post-acute care is patient adherence with medication plans, where as many as 50% of patients do not take medication as prescribed – thus increasing the likelihood of delayed or partial recovery or readmission.
RPM programs monitor the most relevant measurements and can inform physicians how well patients are conforming to their care plans, especially where this incorporates complex dosages or multiple prescribed medications.
The data transmitted to a post-acute care practitioner or facility can also help monitor activity levels and assess whether patients comply with recommended movements or activities, such as stretching, where this forms part of the recovery plan.
IMPROVES OUTCOMES
Actionable insights expediting intervention management
BETTER ADHERENCE
Improves patient understanding and engagement in their treatment plan
SAVES TIME
Strengthens care coordination and reduces unplanned emergent care needs
ADDS REVENUE
Expands revenue potential with new reimbursable services
The Benefits of Using Wanda Health RPM in Post-Acute Care Delivery
Our monitoring system is proven to be advantageous to both patients and physicians, introducing technological patient monitoring that is effective and accurate and requires reduced allocation of resources to patients recovering well.
For Patients
The biggest impact on patients enrolled in a post-acute care RPM program is that their outcomes and prospects of full recovery are improved. Physicians can immediately identify changes in a patient's health status and intervene to prevent complications that could lead to relapse or readmission.
RPM devices that are FDA-approved and operate with seamless functionality make it easier for patients to comply, see how their metrics are changing, and communicate with their physicians without needing to attend frequent consultations or clinical appointments to submit readings.
Post-acute care organizations have always-on insight into how patients are recovering and can collate multiple data points depending on the patient's condition, using this information to inform targeted care planning and patient education.
For Healthcare Organizations
Cost controls and revenue stability are undoubtedly key concerns within post-acute healthcare, with costs reading almost $5 trillion throughout the US last year, according to data published by the American Medical Association.
Detecting post-acute care complications, signs of concern, or worsening vital symptoms can avoid preventable readmissions and allows medical professionals to intervene before a patient’s condition deteriorates and they need to visit an emergency room.
The reductions in the duration of hospital stays, in-person appointments, readmissions, and emergency room visits provide vast cost savings across the healthcare system.
We mentioned the issues around patient engagement and compliance with post-acute care recommendations, and RPM has proven to deliver improvements in this area. Patients can directly see their data through the virtual care platform, understand the impacts of medication non-compliance, and extract value from educational information and resources.
Wanda Remote Patient Monitoring System Features
Through its patient adherence features, our remote healthcare monitoring system can proactively identify potential adverse events in patients with acute, chronic, and specialty diseases up to seven days in advance, providing timely alerts to healthcare providers and detailed insights into the root causes of the problem. Other features include:
IDENTIFY EVENTS 7 DAYS IN ADVANCE
VIDEO CALLS AND IN-PLATFORM SUPPORT
PATIENT EDUCATION
REMINDERS AND SCHEDULES
TIMELY ALERTS
VITALS DASHBOARD
SYMPTOM TRACKING DASHBOARD
DOCUMENT AND DATA STORAGE
See our RPM Platform in Action
How does our RPM platform look? Featuring an intuitive UI compatible with both mobile and desktop applications, both patients and healthcare professionals can easily navigate our platform.
Who Else Do Work With?
Wanda Health provides RPM devices, monitoring solutions, and a comprehensive turnkey service to a broad range of healthcare organizations and bodies, including but not limited to:
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Diagnostic testing and clinical trial monitoring teams using RPM to extract data, analyze correlations or trajectories, assess the suitability of treatment protocols, and record patient outcomes.
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Post-acute care and post-hospital clinical teams and community healthcare organizations working to ensure patients are recovering well, remain stable, and react swiftly if any metrics indicate a cause for concern.
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Healthcare organizations responsible for population health management using the information provided through RPM to track changes and prevalence of diseases and use up-to-date and real-world data to inform policies and educational programs.
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Primary care healthcare organizations, such as clinics, emergency services, practices, and outreach centers, introducing RPM either across broad patient cohorts or to manage specific diseases such as COPD.
Interested organizations are welcome to contact us for a complimentary demonstration or more information about our services or devices.
Our Devices
We support a wide range of monitoring devices for CHF designed to be non-intrusive and high functioning.
iBlood Remote Pressure Monitor: Blood pressure monitoring is essential for many post-acute care patients and is used within the weeks immediately following hospital discharge to ensure patients are recovering within expectations.
iGlucose Blood Sugar Monitor: Post-acute care providers use glucometers to ensure patients have a stable and healthy blood sugar level, particularly in patients with type 1 or 2 diabetes or at risk of developing either condition.
iScale RPM Body Scales: Digital scales are essential in managing many conditions, ensuring patients following acute care are observing nutrition and rehabilitation guidance.
iPulseOx Remote Oxygen Monitor: Tracking pulse rates and blood oxygen provides insights that physicians can use to ensure patient readings are within a safe tolerance and do not indicate any complications.
Each device works intuitively and transmits readings directly to the prescribing primary care service or their nominated RPM monitoring partner through secure cellular transmissions.
Highly Effective With Patients
RECOMMENDED BY PATIENTS
96% of patients using Wanda Health as part of their care management services would recommend it to family and friends
VERY SATISFIED PATIENTS
95% of patients were very satisfied using Wanda Health as part of their care management services
ADHERENT PATIENTS
91% of patients followed their treatment plan using Wanda Health as part of their are management services
About Wanda Leaders in Digital Healthcare
Wanda Health has bases in the UK and the US. We have developed a range of services to ensure all organizations and healthcare services can integrate patient-generated medical data into their service delivery, resulting in improved patient management and outcomes.
Our ambition is to ensure that, across the healthcare system, patients are empowered to control their health, reduce cost and resource pressures, and make modern healthcare convenient, effective, and cost-efficient.
