The program serves to monitor patients' chronic conditions and enable them to take control of their health. In the early days of the pandemic, Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, ...
WASHINGTON (7News) — The United Health Foundation has announced a significant three-year, $3 million grant to Community of Hope (COH), a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., aimed at ...
A reimbursable, team-based remote blood pressure monitoring program significantly improved hypertension control in patients ...
A long and deeply-reported feature story in The Washington Post on Tuesday put a spotlight on the stark effect that an epidemic of chronic illness is taking on too many millions of Americans. "Forty ...
Chronic disease management can be extremely complex, as care coordination across teams poses many challenges, like fragmented care, siloed data, and a lack of interoperability between health systems.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center checks in on high-risk chronic disease patients with telehealth calls from a registered nurse to try to keep them out of the hospital.
Wearables paired with telehealth can significantly improve outcomes for chronic conditions like heart disease. Effective programs require condition-specific devices (e.g., CGMs, ECGs) and secure, ...
If our nation’s goal is to improve the health and longevity of those living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas, focusing on the prevention and management of chronic diseases is the most ...
This post was co-authored with Dr. Gabriela Ghisi. One of the cornerstones to managing chronic disease is exercise, due to its myriad benefits. The general recommendations are to accrue 150 minutes a ...