1st Edition
Closing the Care Gap with Wearable Devices Innovating Healthcare with Wearable Patient Monitoring
Patient-focused healthcare, driven by COVID-19 experiences, has become a hallmark for providing healthcare services to patients across all modalities of care and in the home. The ability to capture real-time patient data, no matter the location, via remote patient monitoring, and to transmit that data to providers and organizations approved by the consumer/patient, will become a critical capability for all healthcare providers. Of all the remote patient monitoring product designs, wearable medical devices are emerging as the best positioned to support the evolving patient-focused healthcare environment.
This book is for those who are evaluating, selecting, implementing, managing, or designing wearable devices to monitor the health of patients and consumers. This book will provide the knowledge to understand the issues that mitigate the risk of wearable technologies so people can deliver successful projects using these technologies. It will discuss their use in remote patient monitoring, the advantages and disadvantages of different types of physiological sensors, different wireless communication protocols, and different power sources. It will describe issues and solutions in cybersecurity and HIPAA compliance, as well as setting them up to be used in healthcare systems and by patients.
Section 1: Current and Future Uses of Wearable Devices
1. A Diabetic’s Story of Wearable Technology: A Spider Bites—Now You’re a Type 1 Diabetic
Michael J. Kirwan
2. The Adoption of Wearables
Chris Landon MD, FAAP, FCCP, FRSM
3. The Future of Wearables
Laurie M. Orlov
4. Home Care and Wellness
Michael W. Davis
5. Telehealth
Michael W. Davis
6. Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)
Elias Lozano, Simon F. Meza, Adrian Alexander, Paola Bonilla and Wilson Jaramillo
7. RPM Data to Enable Improved Patient Care (Who Uses RPM Data?)
Michael W. Davis
Section 2: Standards and Regulatory
8. Regulatory and Emerging Standards
Michael W. Davis
9. Payment Strategies and Codes
Michael W. Davis
10. Medical-Grade Interoperability
Michael J. Kirwan
Section 3: Components of Wearable Devices
11. Physiological Sensors
Walter N. Maclay
12. Wireless Communication
Walter N. Maclay
13. Batteries and Other Power Sources
Walter N. Maclay
14. Cybersecurity
Walter N. Maclay
Section 4: Successful Applications
15. Voice Technology and Wearables: Remote Patient Monitoring
Audrey Arbeeny
16. Connected Device for Improved Adherence
Chris Landon MD, FAAP, FCCP, FRSM
17. Covid-19 Wellness Monitoring Turns to Health Monitoring
Chris Landon MD, FAAP, FCCP, FRSM
Conclusion
Michael W. Davis
Biography
Michael Davis, Harry Pappas