What is Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)?
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a general term that describes a disease of the heart or blood vessels. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of global mortality and a major contributor to disability, causing over 18.6 million deaths per year. Of these deaths, 85% are due to coronary heart diseases and cerebrovascular diseases.
What is Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)?
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is a subset of telehealth that allows providers to monitor and manage their patients’ conditions remotely. Remote patient monitoring uses mobile medical devices and technologies to gather patient-generated health data and present it to healthcare professionals.
Remote patient monitoring is often used in a post-discharge setting or between routine office visits. Remote patient monitoring is good for patients and providers as well. It keeps patients better connected, removes barriers to healthcare. It allows patients and their caregivers to independently and seamlessly capture and share their health data electronically with clinicians from any location.
What Are the Benefits of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)?
Managing cardiovascular disease (CVD) with remote patient monitoring (RPM) has shown significant improvement in patient outcomes.To monitor the patient with cardiovascular diseases from their own home has become an increasingly popular option.
For patients with cardiovascular disease, RPM is a cost-effective way to manage cardiovascular disease and participate in their health care. It has the capability to improve patient outcome with lower associated costs.
For providers,they can have a more holistic view of a patient’s health over time, which increases visibility into a patient’s adherence to a treatment, enables timely intervention before a costly care episode, and develops a personalized care plan.
Why is AI-Powered Mintti- Smartho-D2 Stethoscope Ideal for Remote Patient Monitoring?
Mintti Smartho-D2 AI-powered Stethoscope, is a digital smart stethoscope featured with powerful amplification and active noise cancellation, which enables doctors and nurses to remotely hear heart beat and lung sounds with greater clarity.
Mintti Electronic Stethoscope can be paired with a free app to help providers monitor their patient’s heart and lung sounds remotely, see the phonocardiogram in real-time, and record auscultation signal data for future playback .
Mintti Electronic Stethoscope allows for real-time video interactions between the patient and provider. Clinicians can log into the Mintti system, review data, follow up with patients, or take other appropriate actions.
Mintti remote patient monitoring solutions for cardiovascular diseases can support health decision-making in areas with poor access to health care due to distance, travel difficulties or lack of health-care staff. It can also facilitate patients with cardiovascular diseases adherence to medications, modifications to drug therapy or early clinical face-to-face review.
See more about remote patient monitoring solutions for cardiovascular diseases here. Or you can request a Demo from MINTTI.