Problem
Elderly people living at home with chronic illnesses often miss out on the proper medical care they need. As a result, they make unnecessary visits to emergency rooms that are costly for healthcare systems and insurance providers. The company wanted to expand to chronic care management and centralized monitoring of health data for patients in skilled nursing facilities.
Solution
Impact
The monitoring center was able to provide better patient care by classifying those who were deteriorating and most at-risk for readmission to the hospital within the first 30 days of being in the skilled nursing facility.
- Successfully reduced the first-30-day readmissions from 21% to 5% for 4 skilled nursing facilities
- 80 patients were monitored in their homes over a 5-month period (average age of 80) and avoided 17 unnecessary ER visits
- Medical professionals triaged patients to determine if a visit to the hospital was required or not
- Patients reported comfortability and ease of use of the LifeSignals biosensors
- Reliable method of monitoring elderly patients’ vitals for more responsive, informed care
