Though the economy has slowly been recovering from the 2008 recession, many industries continue to face financial difficulties, including the national healthcare system and eldercare community. Already combating increased treatment costs and a diminishing pool of highly trained personnel, these fields now must contend with the influx of aging Baby Boomers, many of whom require continual monitoring and care.
As we reviewed in a past post, the Affordable Health Care Act has backed the burgeoning telehealth market as a potential means to ease the financial strain these service providers bear, and enable medical and caregiving professionals to adapt to a greater volume of clientele as painlessly as possible.
The faith the current administration has placed in remote monitoring and digital file storage and transmission, among other telehealth offerings, may be related to the positive developments that early adopters have experienced. In January, the Commonwealth Fund – a private entity that advocates for healthcare initiatives that improve the quality of care that more vulnerable communities, including the elderly, have access to – published a review of these endeavors.
The report includes analysis of three pilot programs that have implemented telehealth services. We'll revisit the conclusions from this in-depth review in further detail within the week, but it's worth noting that the foundations concluded the following:
"Remote patient monitoring (RPM) – like home teleheath and telemonitoring – can help improve coordination, improve patients' experience of care, and reduce hospital admissions and costs. Such technologies remotely collect, track, and transmit health data from a patient's home to a health care provider and can facilitate communication and help engage patients in the management of their own care."
While the review focused specifically on the advantages of this technology in a medical context, care managers can also utilize such advancements to streamline their services and enhance the quality of life their recipients enjoy. Independa's eldercare solutions employ all of the cutting-edge services – including remote monitoring – in one easily accessible platform.
As well as enabling care managers to keep track of multiple clients through our Caregiver Web App, we also allow care recipients to remain constantly connected to their caregivers and loved ones via video chat, Facebook and email, courtesy of our user-friendly Angela interface.
Our comprehensive approach to eldercare takes into account the challenges care managers face on a daily basis, and provides solutions that can help these professionals increase their profit margins, streamline their current services and ultimately position themselves more competitively in the marketplace. Contact us through our online form today to learn about our technology-enabled eldercare solutions.
