New York Citizens are Getting Assistance of Remote Patient Monitoring System

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New York Citizens are Getting Assistance of Remote Patient Monitoring System

We all know how the world around us is rapidly changing, every day we hear of new discoveries, newborn babies, and new startups. Have you heard how there are new reforms taking place in the healthcare sector with the help of technology? Today in this article we will talk about the assistance provided by the Remote Patient Monitoring System in New York City. Remote Patient Monitoring has gained popularity since the time of the pandemic. In 2020, when the pandemic hit the world for the first time, the WHO changed many rules and regulations and implemented some new ones. The major practice suggested to people to get a hand over COVID-19 was staying at home and getting all the services through their smartphones and computer. Many medical care programs were introduced to embrace technology to support healthcare systems. Now the question was how to get medical care facilities at home. To solve this issue healthcare developers came up with the solution of making apps that will provide Remote Patient Monitoring healthcare. What is Remote Patient Monitoring? Sometimes, referred to as Remote Physiologic Monitoring, utilizes technologies to examine and evaluate medical health data from patients. Along with this, it helps in transferring the data electronically to other healthcare institutions and getting recommendations and instructions. According to The Center for Connected Health Policy (CCPH), RPM programs help people in staying healthy and help older and disabled individuals to take medical care without getting skilled nursing facilities. It reduces the chances of hospitalization and readmissions especially in cases like COVID-19, where there is already a shortage of hospitals. Remote Patient Monitoring vs. Patient Monitoring


Individuals usually mistake the Remote Patient Monitoring System in New York for Patient Monitoring. Patient Monitoring is the traditional way of examining patients’ health whereas RPM is the modern and more innovative way of examining a patient’s health. Patient Monitoring can only be done in labs and hospitals which means it is environmentally controlled. Remote Patient Monitoring on the other hand can be done anywhere without the need for equipment; All one needs to have is a smartphone and a telemedicine app downloaded in it. The RPM devices must be linked with the smartphone and have a cloud-storage facility.

The Working of Remote Patient Monitoring Healthcare For the patient to receive remote patient monitoring, healthcare providers will need to set up the correct RPM, determine the coverage, have to establish a patient’s base, set up a patient intake program, and develop policies and procedures. The working of Remote Patient Monitoring Healthcare can be understood through the following points. 1. A healthcare provider identifies the medical condition and accordingly sends a remote patient monitoring program to provide an RPM service to patients. Remote Patient Monitoring Healthcare can be used to collect various data related to sugar level blood pressure, weight, vital signs, etc. 2. The Remote Patient Monitoring systems are connected to either Bluetooth devices or the internet. Some of the RPM devices are blood pressure monitors, weight scales, blood glucose meters, spirometers, pulse oximeters, and ECG machines. 3. After the device is set up appropriately, the health data received from the patient by the device is transferred to the physician. 4. The physician examines this data and does assessments and gives recommendations and instructions to enhance the patient’s medical health.

Remote Patient Monitoring in New York provides the following benefits to its Citizens and Physicians 1. Detailed information on personalized health: SISGAIN’s RPM helps the citizens of New York to get detailed information about their health. On the other hand with SISGAIN they get the benefit to remain updated with the health conditions as it has various alarms and reminders. 2. Faster access to healthcare services: SISGAIN has developed RPMs that are easy to access and have basic features which can be operated by people of any age. This helps in providing speedy access to healthcare services. 3. Improved patient outcomes: With the high demand for remote patient monitoring services, physicians are able to generate more revenue and can work independently.


Patients’ reviews help them in getting more patients. 4. Patients take more ownership of their health: Not only to physicians but RPMs provide more independence to patients as well. They do have ownership over their health matters rather than depend on healthcare systems. SISGAIN is one of the top-ranked organizations that provide Remote Patient Monitoring Healthcare to its customers. It believes in overcoming the challenges caused by natural disasters and believes in the power of technology.


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