The article describes how Carematix’s Blipcare wireless weight scale was used by Ochsner Health System to remotely monitor more than 100 heart-failure patients at home. Daily weight measurements were sent to the Epic EHR, allowing clinicians to monitor patients and adjust medications when necessary. The program reportedly helped reduce heart-failure readmissions by 40%. The article also highlights the scale’s Wi-Fi connectivity, multiple-user functionality and balance-monitoring capability. Readers will gain insight into how remote patient monitoring, connected weight scales and EHR integration can support heart-failure management, improve patient engagement and potentially reduce hospital readmissions.
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Carematix Releases Blipcare Wireless Weight Scale
According to a statement in Health Data Management, Ochsner Health System in New Orleans developed a program utilizing a Carematix Blipcare wireless weight scale for remote patient monitoring to cut readmissions of heart failure patients by 40 percent. The program began in Feb. 2014, when Ochsner sent more than 100 heart failure patients home with a Carematix Blipcare wireless scale.
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