Patients with mild cognitive impairment being treated at the Nuvance Institutes of Health Neuroscience in New York and Connecticut, as well as their caregivers, have access to a specialist care support program New virtual neural network.
WHY IT IMPORTANT
MCI is an early stage of memory loss or other cognitive problems, such as difficulty with language and thinking.
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 12-18% of people age 60 and older have MCI in the United States, and each year 10-15% of people with MCI eventually develop dementia.
There are currently no approved medications to treat MCI, but current guidelines suggest that regularly stimulating the brain and adopting healthy lifestyle habits can help patients.
Neuroglee Connect helps patients stimulate their brains and fortify them against cognitive decline with medically tested activities at home while their caregivers can use assistive tools and information to help them identify MCI-related anxiety and stress on a daily basis, according to the announcement.
The platform’s digital dashboard captures real-time patient performance data, helping clinical care teams monitor compliance, measure patient health between visits, and make adjustments therapy to personalize care.
“Nuvance Health neuroscientists will use a digital platform to monitor patients from across the globe,” said Dr. Paul Wright, senior vice president and systems president of the Institute of Neuroscience at Nuvance Health. away and keep them mentally active with consistent and intense brain activity.
MCI patients get remote patient monitoring (RPM) by playing games and learning new skills on a tablet. They can also reminisce by uploading and viewing personal photos and videos to trigger their memories, while also featuring lifestyle content like eating well, exercising, and getting enough sleep.
TREND TO BIGGER WOMAN
Along with telehealth, remote patient monitoring programs have grown during the COVID-19 pandemic because of federal rules that give providers the flexibility to use RPMs during the duration of the medical emergency. community health.
An increasing number of health systems are developing and rolling out home hospital and telemedicine programs, some tailored to specific clinical use cases.
For instance, just in the past two weeks, Memora Health announced a partnership with the Mayo Clinic on a virtual home postpartum care initiative, and Allina Health spinoff Inbound Health announced plans to help other providers grow. skilled nursing and home acute care services. Models.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pointed out that RPM services for acute and chronic conditions are here; They are not a temporary measure tied to a public health emergency.
“As health care continues to move from a value-for-service approach to a value-based care approach, care delivery will shift from an in-office model of care. examination, in waves, reacts to a continuous and proactive model of care that is a combination of-clinic and telemedicine,” said Dr. Lucienne Ide, founder and director of health innovation health at the remote patient monitoring company Rimidi, said IT news about healthcare in a conversation last year about the future of virtual care. “RPM is an effective way to ensure all patients can receive the quality, continuity of care their condition requires.”
ON PROFILE
“We care deeply about our patients with MCI and their caregivers, and understand how a diagnosis can be extremely unsettling,” says Wright. “We’re passionate about bringing them the latest care options and support, and especially, leveraging the digital innovations they can access from the comfort and convenience of home.”
Andrea Fox is the senior editor of Healthcare IT News.
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