In the patient-centric world of care, patients as consumers have growing expectations from their care providers in terms of digital therapeutics, hyper-personalization, timely medical intervention powered by remote patient monitoring, automated care coordination, digitally guided care pathways, self-scheduling and appointments, chatbot-enabled instant messaging, anywhere, anytime care among many other components that comprise the continuum of care.

Hospitals and Medical Practices are also increasingly turning to digital healthcare technologies to foster collaboration, enhance patient experiences, drive health outcomes, boost reimbursements and financial outcomes. Claims submission requires extensive data that involves huge cost and time when done manually. Digitally-powered Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) ensure high-accuracy, while simplifying the entire process that includes Patient Generated Health Data (PGHD) and other relevant data needed for maximized reimbursements.

Ambulatory Surgery Centers are faced with even greater challenges in patient data collection, and digital technologies including wearables, IoT-enabled devices, care coordination solutions, AI and machine learning tools facilitate high-quality data collection, while improving health and financial outcomes. With Hospitals and Medical Practices’ increased focus on Patient Reported Outcomes, this blog outlines some of the result-driven strategies to generating valuable Patient Generated Health Data.

• 1. Gather Payer-Specific Data. Medicare’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) model announced in 2017 highlighted the significance of the paradigm shift from Fee-for-Service (FFS) model to Value-based Care (VBC) model. Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROM) is a critical component required by payers for participation in value-based care and payment programs. Patient Reported Outcomes when strategically integrated with hospital data gives comprehensive insights into the episodes of care and the hospital outcomes as a whole.
• 2. Increase Touchpoints to Improve Data Quality. Getting a 360-degree view of patients’ care journey involves massive volumes of patient and clinical data gathered through various sources including digitally-powered Patient Reported Outcomes. What’s more, research reveals that Patient Reported Outcome data are far more accurate that surveys and other findings. Wearables, IoT, machine learning and other AI-enabled tools are leveraged to collect large volumes of real-time data that are streamlined and structured to deliver actionable insights into care journeys.
• 3. Automate Patient Data Collection. Patients as consumers are attuned to automated high-touch digital experiences and they expect the same from their healthcare providers. Care provides can consider integrating PRO into their care coordination solutions to remotely track and monitor the progress of patients’ care journey, while enabling seamless patient-physician interactions.

Presenting SolvEdge’s Digital Patient Engagement Platform

SolvEdge’s RippleCare is a complete guided care pathway management platform that monitors patients’ surgery recovery with custom-built features for hospitals and practices.

How RippleCare is different?

• Continuous personalized assisted coaching from surgical preparation in preoperative to postoperative care
• Bundled payment for total knee replacement programs enabling better patient management (including Medicare & Commercial Insurance)
• Digitally-enabled solutions for Better Patient Experience - Digital and IoT enabled solutions like Smartwatches, wearable sensors, smartphones
• 24/7 Online portal access for Providers and Care Navigators allowing them to monitor patients remotely anytime

The Cutting-edge Features of RippleCare

• Activity tracking. Vital, Food, Medication adherence, monitor each flexion and extension of patient’s knee, joints, as well as body position (walking, standing, lying, and sitting), temperature, and compliance with exercises.
• Remote patient connectivity. Wearables and sensors for patients with real-time 24/7 tracking for their recovery journey
• Simple patient dashboard. Real-time tracking and alerts on patients’ progress on recovery
• Reporting. Enable providers manage care costs and monitor post-acute outcomes
• Secure Communication. Frictionless interactions between patients and providers in the form of text, pictures, videos, request call/appointment with providers, make video calls (if authorized)
• Bundled payments. Helps maximize profits for orthopedic centers covered by Medicare, BPCI-A, and commercial bundled payment initiatives

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