This resource, part of HIN's Remote Patient Monitoring Suite, profiles a successful eight-year initiative by the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (NYCHHC) House Calls Telehealth Program that significantly lowered patients' A1C blood glucose levels.
This 25-page report features insight from Susan Lehrer, RN, BSN, CDE, associate executive director of the telehealth office for NYCHHC, who discusses key aspects of the real-time monitoring program.
-How NYCHHC House Calls blends telehealth, electronic medical records, electronic communication with providers and direct communication with patients by nurse case managers;
-Profile of NYCHHC House Calls Telehealth Program participants, including the seven realities of high-risk patients;