Utah Telehealth Network, University of Utah launch the “Improving Healthcare One Patient at a Time” remote monitoring project -

The University of Utah is spearheading a pilot project designed to connect remote and underserved residents dealing with chronic conditions to needed healthcare services and providers through telemedicine.

The federally funded “Improving Healthcare One Patient at a Time” remote monitoring project is being overseen by the university and the Utah Telehealth Network and will make use of Electronic House Call remote monitoring devices, kiosks and interactive voice response (IVR) telehealth solutions supplied by Berkeley Heights, N.J.-based ExpressMD Solutions, a telehealth company formed in 2008 by Authentidate and EncounterCare.

The project will feature one centrally located care coordinator, four clinics monitoring 15-20 patients each and two locations using kiosks to monitor another 30 patients each. Funding is provided by a three-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Office for the Advancement of Telehealth.

“The Utah Remote Monitoring Project was selected by the HRSA and OAT to show how telehealth programs and networks can partner to improve access to quality healthcare services for underserved rural and urban communities,” said Sarah Woolsey of Community Health Centers, a seven-clinic primary care provider to Salt Lake County’s uninsured, low-income families and a project partner, in a press release. “We want to demonstrate that patients will have better access to care, engage patients with Diabetes Mellitus and hypertension in their own management with support from the remote care system, and actually improve their health outcomes.”

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