We waste a lot of money in healthcare. According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a whopping $760 billion to $935 billion — or 25% of all healthcare dollars — go to waste every year, with the biggest source of waste being administrative complexities like billing and coding.
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Healthcare is transforming. Instead of waiting to treat individuals until after they get sick, we're moving toward population health — a more proactive approach that looks at the health of entire communities. We’re thinking beyond medical interventions to consider other critical factors like access to healthy food, safe housing, and good jobs — all of which can help build healthier communities from the ground up.
Technology can revolutionize healthcare, but not everyone is convinced that changes will be for the better. In fact, 63% of people believe technology could make healthcare worse!
That’s according to CVS Health executive vice president Sree Chaguturu, who shared this statistic at the American Telemedicine Association’s Nexus conference in Phoenix earlier this month. The number is a wake-up call for those of us committed to virtual care: Building trust in these technologies is crucial.
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has rapidly evolved from a niche innovation to a mainstream healthcare tool. Today, nearly 50 million Americans use RPM devices — and that number is growing fast, with both the Health Resources and Services Administration and the American Medical Association actively encouraging RPM adoption through handouts and guidebooks.
Healthcare is on a tightrope. A brutal combination of pandemic burnout and an aging workforce has triggered a staffing shortage. The American Nurses Association estimates 275,000 additional nurses are needed by 2030. At the same time, patient expectations are rising. People want a seamless healthcare experience delivered at a reasonable price, regardless of location or background.
Picture a town where an unusually large number of residents have diabetes. The disease is often poorly managed, so patients frequently end up in the emergency room. Each time, the patients are stabilized and sent home – yet return to the hospital just weeks later with similar concerns.
The U.S. spends more on healthcare than any other developed nation, yet consistently ranks poorly in health outcome measures compared to peer nations. A major contributor to this seeming paradox is the traditional fee-for-service model, which pays providers for each service and can incentivize unnecessary procedures. In response, many healthcare systems are shifting towards a value-based healthcare model, emphasizing improved patient outcomes and cost control.
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is rapidly transforming how healthcare systems deliver care. Through continuous patient monitoring and real-time data collection, RPM can significantly improve patient outcomes while reducing care costs — a fact confirmed by a 2022 systematic review.
If you believe AI will soon be out-diagnosing doctors, you've bought into the hype. Headlines about AI chatbots passing medical exams and robots replacing surgeons are flashy, but these applications are far from real-world healthcare. Complex AI tools will come in the future, but their overall impact will be much smaller than picking all the low-hanging fruit available to us now.
Since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, the buzz surrounding artificial intelligence has reached a fever pitch. Much of the excitement focuses on generative AI and its ability to create realistic text, images, and even code. In the healthcare field, this has led to intense speculation about AI’s potential applications, even raising questions about its ability to outperform human doctors or replace surgeons.
Imagine facing a chronic condition that requires monthly doctor's appointments. These appointments demand time off work and a half-hour commute, often just for routine vital checks and a reminder to return for the next checkup. While necessary, the prospect of a lifetime filled with these visits can be exhausting, potentially leading to skipped appointments.
Could virtual medical appointments and AI assistants make in-person doctor’s visits a thing of the past? That is the question at the heart of a debate raging within healthcare today. Telehealth and remote monitoring tools are booming, but some fear they threaten the traditional doctor-patient relationship.
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) holds immense potential, but only when thoughtfully executed. Simply adopting the latest tech won't guarantee success. To truly make RPM programs work, a layered system that allows people, processes, and technologies to collaborate synergistically is essential. Creating this complex system can be challenging, even for seasoned health systems.
We’ve all experienced that moment in a doctor’s office or hospital when, after receiving a diagnosis or a new prescription, we're handed a standard information packet — a dense, multi-page document filled with medical jargon and generic advice. The problem? These sheets are rarely read in their entirety, if at all — and fail to engage patients in a meaningful way.
RPM programs can improve patient care and outcomes through the power of real-time monitoring and engagement. However, the path to running a successful RPM program is not without its challenges, particularly when it comes to scaling.
Setting up a remote patient monitoring (RPM) program sounds simple — just have patients use healthcare devices and collect the data! However, the reality of getting an RPM program off the ground is quite complex, with many small but crucial considerations and logistics to navigate through.
A typical doctor's appointment lasts just 15 minutes, but our health and well-being depends on what we do all 24 hours of each day. Whether it's dietary choices or sleep habits, our day-to-day decisions play pivotal roles in our long-term health and overall quality of life, and patients have come to expect more home-based healthcare services. That’s why many health systems are investing in remote patient monitoring (RPM) programs. The goal is to go beyond the limits of traditional clinical settings to meet patients where they are, supporting healthier behaviors on a regular, continuous basis.
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has become a crucial strategy for improving patient outcomes in recent years. By enabling continuous monitoring, proactive care management, and timely intervention based on real-time data, RPM can reduce hospitalizations and optimize healthcare resources through personalized and efficient care plans.
In the age of smartphones, health devices like activity trackers have become a ubiquitous part of our day-to-day lives. The range of health devices on the market has become much broader too. From remote blood pressure monitors to ECG Monitors, remote devices help many people maintain and improve their health from the comfort of their homes.
The past year brought many transformative shifts to the world of virtual care, especially thanks to the increased funding at both the federal and state levels and within individual health systems. We saw major expansions in virtual care and remote patient monitoring (RPM) programs as exciting new technologies made remote care more effective and accessible. Plus, new large-scale studies affirmed the effectiveness of virtual care.
Nursing roles have gone through big transformations in recent years. Many duties once performed in-person are now handled remotely, and full-time virtual nursing positions have become a reality. Remote patient monitoring nurses, for instance, are responsible for supporting patients managing chronic conditions or recovering from surgery, all from a distance.
In the early days of 2020, the Covid-19 crisis transformed healthcare in America. Suddenly, routine in-person doctor visits vanished, replaced by virtual check-ins, fundamentally changing how individuals seek medical care. Today, even though the pandemic has officially ended, virtual care is here to stay. Telehealthcare now makes up about 14% to 17% of all visits, a big jump from the 1% in February 2020.
In the not-so-distant past, virtual care was a somewhat unconventional option, with just 1% of patients using it in February 2020. But the healthcare landscape changed dramatically with the Covid-19 crisis.
Remote care can be tough without the right tools and services in place. Both healthcare providers and patients have often struggled with devices that don't sync up, data lags that slow healthcare interventions, and technology too complex to use with ease.
From helping doctors identify strokes to diagnosing diseases more accurately, AI is revolutionizing healthcare. This transformation is also dramatically changing how individual patients are engaged and cared for. Today’s AI tools can sift through vast datasets, derive invaluable insights, and provide tailored recommendations to create personalized care pathways for each person.
Beyond its initial evolution, virtual care is now at the forefront of another rapid transformation, thanks to advances in artificial intelligence (AI). The fusion of AI with virtual care is reshaping the healthcare landscape again, ushering in a host of benefits for both patients and healthcare providers.
Nursing is far from a one-size-fits-all profession. Yet while many people have some awareness that nurses working in a maternity care unit might perform different tasks than their cancer ward counterparts, there's still a lingering misconception that a nurse is a nurse, regardless of the distinct and specialized skills they bring to the table.
The profession of nursing has gone through rapid changes in recent years. While nurses have always been on the frontlines of patient care, today’s nurses face heavier workloads and ever-rising expectations — amid an ongoing shortage of professionals.
By leveraging customizable workflows, personalized care pathways, and AI-enabled patient guidance, Veta Health's innovative tools enhance provider-patient communication, boost patient engagement, and streamline workflows associated with remote care.
Hypertension care relies heavily on patients self-reporting their blood pressure measurements through methods such as handwritten journals or phone-based storage. However, this approach leaves healthcare providers in the dark about patients' conditions between appointments, hindering effective management.
From embracing HIPAA-compliant technology to navigating reimbursement changes and minimizing hospitalizations, Veta Health empowers healthcare organizations to deliver high-quality care while ensuring compliance and financial viability.
Read Veta Health CEO James Sutcliffe’s key takeaways from the Vive 2023 conference, where healthcare leaders discussed the current state of the industry and its direction in a post-pandemic era.
In this post, we’ll explore three ways you can implement a more efficient digital care strategy across your organization – one that reduces costs while still providing the resources needed to deliver quality care and improve patient outcomes.
How can you ensure your remote care program implementation goes smoothly and results in a successful program for patients and your organization alike?
When selected and implemented appropriately, virtual care models can create impact, solve for organizational pain points, and drive value. This toolkit provides the insight needed to set a foundation for success and sustainability.
Read on to learn why the following statement is a myth: reimbursement for your RPM program can create profitable revenue streams for your organization.
The American Telemedicine Association's Annual Conference and Expo (ATA2022) showcased a mix of practical applications of telehealth and hands-on workshops, with the main themes and discussions focused on “now what?” thinking.
In honor of patient experience week (#PXWeek2022), we dig into how to enrich the patient experience through four remote care models: RPM, RTM, CCM, and HaH.
What if virtual and digital technologies offered acute hospital care in the comfort of a patient’s home? Cue hospital-at-home, a care delivery model that can reduce costs, improve outcomes, and enhance the patient experience.
Tanvi V. Abbhi and James Sutcliffe discuss their backgrounds, changes to virtual care adoption amidst Covid-19, predictions for what's next in health tech, and more.
We partnered with Cardiology and Vascular Associates (CAVA) to examine revenue generation associated with a high-quality RPM program. Equipped with cellular-enabled scales, 100% of patients stabilized their overall weight.
When designing virtual care programs, healthcare systems have been faced with the question of whether to “buy it” or “build it”. The decision can shape a program’s adoption, and therefore its success.
Every year, ViVE convenes some of healthcare’s leading minds to discuss the trends shaping the industry. Find out the top three trends woven throughout with this post.
We partnered with Chicago Cardiology Institute (CCI) to demonstrate how to operationalize an RPM program. Equipped with cellular-enabled scales, 85% of patients stabilized their overall weight.
Veta Health is thrilled to welcome Jennifer Humbert to the team as Head of Operations. She will use her expertise in building virtual care programs to drive operational excellence across the organization.
RPM and RTM services are billable alongside CCM and can be easily inserted into remote care workflows, giving providers a more comprehensive view of patient health.
It's clear that a new model is needed to ease the burden of staffing shortages. Learn why RPM is a strategy that can go a long way towards helping with staffing needs.
See what it takes to launch and manage a sustainable and clinically impactful RPM program with our “How to Choose an RPM Partner” toolkit.
Join us in reflecting upon 2021: a huge year for digital health, Veta Health, and our dedicated clients who tirelessly serve their patients.
Remote therapeutic codes expand upon the existing remote patient monitoring codes, representing one of the latest advancements to modernize reimbursement for digital health.
RPM is not new. In 2019, CMS created new reimbursement codes for connected care services that enable providers to manage and coordinate patient care remotely. In 2020, CMS expanded this opportunity with additional reimbursement codes. Together, these codes are referred to as RPM. The four primary Medicare RPM codes are CPT codes 99453, 99454, 99457, and 99458.
Healthcare practices across the globe are integrating evolving technology like remote patient monitoring to seamlessly track and treat their patients more effectively. Until recently, the outcomes of medical practices providing services to patients in their homes has been studied and implemented only in a limited manner. For practices that were early adopters of remote patient monitoring, Veta Health has been able to change their patient care model for the better.
In this blog post we will be looking at benefits of remote patient monitoring for patients, benefits of remote patient monitoring for practices and how you can get started with remote patient monitoring.
Remote patient monitoring works via a combination of easy to use software and cellular enabled hardware devices that allows providers to capture vital information about a patient's health wherever they are located.
With the completion of a successful pilot engagement with Roche Diagnostics and NHN, Veta Health demonstrated the value of technology in improving the patient experience, evaluating clinician satisfaction, reducing administrative burdens and using a data-driven approach to optimize patient care. The full white paper detailing these findings can be found here.
Welcome back to another edition of the Startup Spotlight, our weekly series where we get into the minds of some of the world’s most successful and inspiring startup founders and CEOs to help future and aspiring entrepreneurs navigate the startup journey and help them become successful business founders.
The Covid-19 pandemic has uprooted our lives in the most fundamental of ways. The mechanisms in which we interact, socialize, learn, work, and access healthcare will no longer be the same. As we emerge from the eye of the storm, many of us have been pondering, “What’s next?” One thing is certain: we will not be going back to the way things were before. As a digital health company at the forefront of the digital health evolution, we have identified a handful of key trends that will define what healthcare looks like moving forward.
Margaux Gleber, part of Veta Health’s research and strategy development team, sat down with co-founders Dr. Nora Zetsche and Tanvi Vattikuti Abbhi to talk about their passion for healthcare and what drove them to start the digital technology company.
As healthcare continues to evolve and improve, patient needs are also growing and expectations of their providers are expanding. Strong relationships between providers and patients begin with effective communication. Throughout the past couple of years, many studies have been conducted to test the efficiency of communication among patients and providers.
Research has proven that many factors contribute to the gap between patients and providers, specifically in the realm of hospital readmissions. Implementation of effective care coordination can reduce readmission rates and result in cost savings for hospitals. When technology is at the foundation of these efforts, care teams can more effectively and efficiently realize these benefits. Veta Health is focused on using technology and health analytics to bridge the gap between providers and patients.
Addressing the healthcare needs of a child requires collaboration and partnership between the family and the health professionals.Pediatric-centered digital health tools can help.
Physician burnout in the U.S. has become so widespread that the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health deemed it a public health crisis. With ever-soaring administrative tasks taking hold, many physicians and care providers are feeling stretched too thin. And while there is more and more for doctors to do, the quality of patient care is declining. To curb the prevalence of burnout, organizations should supplement the EHR with digital health technologies.
Digital health has been making its mark throughout the healthcare industry and transforming what we know as patient care. Improved technologies are reducing barriers to care, enhancing patient-provider communications, and are bettering the overall patient experience. However, pharmaceutical companies are lagging, which is impacting their bottom line. Read on to discover how pharma can use digital health tools to improve their revenue streams and boost patient care.
Assessing healthcare outcomes on patients from their point-of-view is of great importance. To improve health outcomes for children, Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) should be integrated in clinical practice through digital health engagement strategies.
The United States spends the most on healthcare every year. Data has shown that we spend about $3.3 trillion every year which comes out to about $10,000 per person, per year. These costs average out to about 50% more than Norway and Switzerland and exceed costs in any other country in the world. What do these numbers mean to patients and providers? What is happening in an average health check-up that is causing this spending to exponentially increase?
A major challenge in healthcare is the ability to reinforce continuity of care when the patient is transitioned from hospital to home. Strategies to connect patients, families, and providers with services and resources are needed to support coordinated, continuous care for populations with special care needs.
The recent boom in digital innovation has advanced healthcare technology, which is accompanying our needs and extending our lives. In the past, the patient existed only within the clinical setting. Today, technological developments are breaking down barriers that exist within traditional care models. Health data is continuously collected – but analysis of that data and strategy around it – is limited.
Veta Health is taking part in TMCx, a four-month long accelerator program tailored to digital health companies.
Care redesign is essential to an organization's success in shifting from Fee-for-Service to Value-Based Care models - but where should an organization begin for success?
Veta Health Co-founder, Dr. Nora Zetsche, discusses her experience practicing medicine and how advances in the field are enabling positive changes in care delivery. She touches on the benefits in shifting towards care models that encourage patient self-management and how technology can further enable providers and their teams to confidently make this switch and see significant improvement in their patients at the individual and population levels.
The US healthcare system has traditionally been focused on reactive medicine, treating symptoms as they arise. In recent years, there has been a greater focus on treating patients with a population health approach. With this approach, patients are looked at holistically and their treatment plans are developed proactively, incorporating a number of factors including social determinants into their holistic treatment needs.
Earlier this month, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a final ruling that made changes to the 2018 Quality Payment Program. We dig into what has changed, what is the same, and what impacts digital health can have on this value-based initiative.
Finding user-centered design in the current landscape of healthcare applications is like finding a needle in a haystack. Many industries have adopted a focus on design, yet the healthcare industry has been slow to adapt.
As our healthcare model shifts from a medical to public health model, patient-centric care is becoming the new standard. Instead of focusing on diagnosis and treatment, providers are emphasizing prevention and health promotion in their practices, supporting the change to modern care management. The patient is no longer seen as voiceless; instead, patients are now consumers in the healthcare industry and demand to be heard.
