Patient Monitoring

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and health disparities are brought to light around the United States, leaders in the transplant field are getting serious about the journey to health equity.

CareDx Inc. announced the launch of AlloHome, a pan-organ patient monitoring tool located on the AlloCare app that can capture health data from the comfort of a patient’s home, according to a press release.

Remote patient monitoring with health coaching improved quality of life, self-management, daily physical activity, sleep and depression scores in patients with COPD, according to new data published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

According to published data, diuretic use, dosing and monitoring varies in United States hemodialysis practice.

Primary care physicians did not use clinical decision support often when diagnosing patients with chronic kidney disease, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Assessing CV events after implantable loop recorder vs. standard care in MI patients.

WASHINGTON — In patients with MI at high risk for stroke, implanting a loop recorder did not impact subsequent CV events, according to the results of the BIO | GUARD-MI trial.

Utilizing remote patient monitoring can improve dialysis adherence and in turn, decrease hospitalizations and mortality, according to a speaker at the virtual Annual Dialysis Conference.

PHOENIX — Although challenges remain, remote digital health practices can be implemented for most aspects of asthma evaluation and management, according to a speaker at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Therapeutic “de-escalation” relies on analysis of disease-related factors and careful monitoring of pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease, according to a presentation at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.