Remote Patient Monitoring

Remote patient monitoring may be the key to improving your health care and getting the best possible outcome from treatment. At Priority Medical Group in Tucson, Arizona, the expert providers regularly use technological devices to track cardiovascular function, weight, glucose levels, and many other health factors. Schedule your appointment to learn more about remote patient monitoring over the phone or online at Priority Medical Group today.

What is remote patient monitoring?

Remote patient monitoring is a service that improves the quality of your health care by allowing your physician to track certain health conditions, or their progress with treatment, from afar. Using technology such as connected medical devices, your provider at Priority Medical Group can perform routine tests and measurements with no need for you to visit the office in person. 

As a part of telemedicine, remote patient monitoring gives your provider valuable information that they can’t get from an appointment. They can use this remote service to check your baseline levels of function when you’re not in an unusual environment like a doctor’s office. 

Using their observations from remote patient monitoring, your provider can adjust your treatment plan to better suit your needs. Your remote monitoring might involve specific tools like pulse oximeters, glucose monitors, weight scales, heart monitors, and specialized monitors for neurological conditions like Parkinson’s disease. 

Who should use remote patient monitoring?

Remote patient monitoring can be beneficial in cases of acute or chronic illness. Your provider at Priority Medical Group explains how it benefits you specifically and what you’ll need to do to participate. 

You might benefit from remote patient monitoring to assess and effectively manage conditions like:

• Diabetes
• Cardiovascular disease
• Hypertension
• Mental illnesses
• Asthma
• COVID-19 or long COVID-19

By tracking your condition with remote monitoring, your provider becomes increasingly familiar with the extent to which the condition affects you. They can also use the service to find out which treatments are the most beneficial in your case. 

What are the benefits of remote patient monitoring?

Remote patient monitoring offers plenty of benefits that ultimately improve the outcome of your health care. No matter which device you use and its purpose, remote patient monitoring offers these potential benefits:

• Detailed information about your health
• More personalized health care
• Improved rates of compliance with your treatment
• Fewer office visits
• Cost savings on health care

Your provider can share more specific benefits with you according to the type of remote patient monitoring device you must use. They teach you to use the device correctly and to your best possible advantage.

If you’re interested in learning more about remote patient monitoring and seeing how it might improve your care plan, call Priority Medical Group or schedule an appointment online today.