Remote Patient Monitoring (RMEDE™)
The Realtime Medical Electronic Data Exchange System (RMEDE™), developed by the Center for Strategic Health Innovation (CSHI), is a secure, web-based, life-state management system that enables in-home monitoring of patients with chronic disease, as well as interventional health informatics reporting.
The RMEDE™ Home Monitoring Program is used to track physiological parameters of patients diagnosed with chronic diseases and report non-compliant ranges to healthcare providers in order to improve clinical outcomes. Benefits include:
- Innovative Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Technology
- Reduced Emergency Department Visits
- Shortened Inpatient Stays
- Consistent EHR of Patient Admissions, Discharges, and Transfers (ADT) Among Clinics and Providers
- Minimized Number of Avoidable Hospital Admissions
- Improved Compliance with Provider Plan of Care
- Earlier Intervention for Uncontrolled Disease
- Increased Patient Satisfaction
CSHI continues to enhance and support the RMEDE™ program. There are currently over 1,000 active Medicaid Pt 1st patients participating in our in-home biomonitoring project.
Features of this system include:
- Uses Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology
- Detects threshold violation readings for blood pressure, blood glucose and weight
- Generates threshold violation reports in real time and/or periodic graphs
- Provides link to Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) Biomonitoring Nurse for patients enrolled in the Medicaid Patient 1st primary care case management (PCCM) program
- Monitors Congestive Heart Failure, Hypertension, Diabetes, and Maternity Care for Medicaid Patient 1st patients
Referral: ADPH Biomonitoring Nurse receives referral and provider-set data limits for the monitoring measures
Enrollment: ADPH Biomonitoring Nurse contacts the patient to set up a home visit to place equipment
and provide instruction
(CSHI provides a speaker telephone, blood pressure monitor and scale as needed; patients
use their own glucometer and strips)
Alerts: Readings outside of provider-set parameters produce a threshold violation and an alert is automatically e-mailed from RMEDE™ to the ADPH Biomonitoring Nurse. The nurse then follows up as needed; making contact with the patient, evaluating what action is needed and providing education, reassurance and/or referral. Reports can be faxed to the provider.
Reports: Periodic graph reports of patient data are sent to the Provider Ongoing Contact; ADPH Biomonitoring Nurse makes contact with patient at least monthly
Renewal: Provider orders are renewed yearly
Potential Benefits for Providers:
- Earlier intervention for uncontrolled disease
- Reduced need for alternate provider visits
- Reduced need for Emergency Department visits
- Shorter length of stay, if admitted to hospital
- Improved compliance with the provider’s plan of care
- Increased patient satisfaction
- Optional web portal to view patient data
Potential Benefits for Patients:
- Potential for improved outcomes
- Lowered healthcare-related expenses
- Improved compliance with provider’s plan of care
- Education and reinforcement of healthy behavior changes
- Increased satisfaction with care
RMEDE™ features cross-platform support and is available for iOS/Apple through the App Store.
Download RMEDE™ for iOS/Apple from the App Store
