A virtual care blueprint : how digital health technologies can improve health outcomes, patient experience, and cost effectiveness / Robert L. Longyear III, foreword by Dr. Greg Weidner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longyear, Robert L., author.

Contributor:

Weidner, Greg, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommunication in medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, Florida ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, [2022]

Summary:

The Covid-19 pandemic prompted healthcare systems around the globe to quickly explore and subsequently adopt digital health technologies and virtual care models that had been slowly growing in mainstream acceptance throughout the decade prior. In particular, telemedicine use skyrocketed as healthcare organizations and governments needed to provide access to infection risk-free health services. Telemedicine has been around in its current form for nearly two decades but grew significantly in utilization after the rapid acceleration of internet and smartphone adoption in the 2010s, and again in 2020 due to Covid-19. Beyond traditional audio-visual telemedicine modalities, newer, more advanced models of tech-enabled clinical services have begun to gain popularity. Fueled by ubiquitous modern telecommunication technologies (e.g., the Smartphone), a growing dissatisfaction with healthcare services among patients, and increasing chronic disease epidemics in developed countries, models like remote patient monitoring (RPM) and other hybrid virtual care models have entered the clinical toolbox. RPM-based care models can fill the gaps of transactional telemedicine in order to deliver longitudinal care appropriate for patients with chronic conditions. Despite the apparent recent acceleration of interest in and adoption of RPM-based virtual care models, substantial research exists on RPM covering patient reported outcomes, clinical effectiveness, and economic factors. In A Virtual Care Blueprint: How Digital Health Technologies Can Improve Health Outcomes, Patient Experience, and Cost-Effectiveness , Robert L. Longyear III explores the science, frontline clinical perspectives, and potential impact of RPM-based virtual care programs. Seeking to provide evidence-based information on RPM and virtual care in a market flooded with marketing materials, Longyear provides healthcare leaders, clinicians, and policymakers a clear outline of these increasingly important care models for a modern healthcare delivery system.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Author

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Digital Health-A New Industry

A Definitional Issue

Improving the Patient Experience: A Universal Experience

Digital Experiences and Consumer Desires

Chapter 3 The Smartphone and the Internet

Internet and Smartphones: A Global Perspective

The Internet: The US Perspective

Rural Areas

Older Adults

The Smartphone

Smartphones and the Internet: Population Segments

A Note About Equity and Disparities

Chapter 4 Refocusing Our Collective Efforts : Addressing Health Risk Factors

Chronic Illness Epidemiology

Addressing Factors That Lead to Chronic Disease

A NOD to Public Health and Social Investment at All Levels

Chapter 5 Bridging and Adjusting the Setting of Care

The Face-to-Face + Virtual Model

Post-Acute

Outpatient Chronic Care: Driving Connected Care Models

Brick-and-Mortar Barriers

Chapter 6 Telemedicine: The Genesis of Virtual Care

Scope of Care

Telemedicine Payment Policy

Chapter 7 Telemedicine: The Evidence

Telemedicine: The Evidence

Cost Considerations

Patient Satisfaction

Chapter 8 The Patient Relationship: The Softer Side of Virtual Care

Virtual Care: The Doctor-Patient Relationship

Telemental Health Services: An Example of Virtual Therapeutic Relationships

The Three Elements of Patient Engagement

Chapter 9 Data Collection in Healthcare: An Overview

The EHR

The EHR and Virtual Care

Patient-Generated Health Data (PGHD) and Wearables

Chapter 10 Wearables and Predictive Analytics

Chapter 11 Remote-Patient Monitoring

RPM: The Technical Definition

Chapter 12 RPM-Driven Virtual Care: Frontline Perspectives

Engaging Older Adults

RPM: Beyond Physiological Data Transmission.

Chapter 13 Remote-Patient Monitoring Outcomes

An Evidence Overview

Do RPM-Based Virtual Care Programs Work?

Economic Outcomes

Patient Experience Outcomes

The AHRQ Systematic Review

Chapter 14 Digging Deeper: RPM Outcomes by Condition

Improving Physical Activity and Diet

Heart Disease and Diabetes: The Pioneer Conditions

A Diabetes Case Study

Heart Failure

Neurological Disorders

COPD

Asthma

Oncology

Pediatrics

Mental Health

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

Emerging Areas of Study

Chapter 15 Payment and Policy

FFS Payment Models in Virtual Care

Value-Based Payment in Virtual Care

Case Study: ChenMed and Virtual Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Chapter 16 Digital Therapeutics

RPM versus Digital Therapeutics

Chapter 17 Furthering the Field and Adoption

Research Investments

Encouraging Experimentation Culture

Program and Terminology Definitions

Patient-Centeredness and Clinician Training

FWA

Entry to Curriculum

Drastic Change Claims

Chapter 18 Our Moral Responsibility and a Compass

A Compass

Chapter 19 Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-319306-4

1-003-19306-4

1-000-41729-8

9781003193067

OCLC:

1262373868