Worst of all, these factors can affect quality of care, patient experience and contribute to staff burnout. This, in turn, makes health insurance plans more expensive. This increases staff workload and may also affect care provided to those that truly need emergency care.Īll these aspects contribute to waste and drive-up healthcare expenses. Therefore, the ER facilities may have to perform multiple scans and diagnostic procedures before starting treatment. These facilities may not have access to the patient’s medical records to make informed choices on a care plan. When such complications arise, often times, they end up visiting Emergency Rooms (ER). Restrictions based on health insurance plans, which may limit their choices to fewer providers who may not be easily accessible/availableĪs a result, these patients may not get proper care, at the right time, to prevent avoidable health complications.

Access to transportation to show up to healthcare visits.Working multiple hourly jobs that may not be conducive to breaks for healthcare visits.Here are some challenges patients might face: Given their economic/health conditions, focusing on healthy diet, exercise, constant monitoring of vitals and preventive healthcare visits are luxuries that may be out of reach. This is hard for low-income patients, especially those with chronic ailments like diabetes and obesity. In a traditional healthcare model, the burden is placed on patients to undertake preventive steps and make healthy lifestyle choices. This article discusses a solution utilizing RPM, and interoperability standards for healthcare, to achieve health equity goals. Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) programs are gaining momentum as healthcare organizations focus on improving Health Equity―aimed at addressing health disparities that impact underserved or underrepresented communities.

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