Telehealth for chronic disease management

Use of telehealth to improve chronic disease management.

Remote patient monitoring that tracks vital signs of patients with chronic diseases is offering more-frequent contact between the patient and the primary care provider, providing earlier detection of potential problems, and allowing real-time alerts, resulting in a proactive, affordable option for best-practice health care.

Telehealth Interventions for Management of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD) and Asthma: A Critical Review

The authors systematically collated, classified, and evaluated the evidence of intervention studies from recent systematic reviews about the effects of telehealth interventions on COPD and asthma care. Eight electronic databases were searched. Eligible articles were those published between 2001 and 2011 in English. Eleven review articles are included. Asthma and COPD are better controlled when ...

Telehealth technology in case/disease management.

Case managers can better coordinate and facilitate chronic illness care by adopting telehealth technology. This article overviews four major categories of telehealth technology based on patients' roles in self-management: surveillance, testing peripherals and messaging, decision support aids, and online support groups related to patients' subordinate, structured, collaborative, and autonomous r...

The Effectiveness of a Chronic Disease Self-Management Program for Elderly People: a Systematic Review

Introduction: Elderly population is increasing in Pakistan. Majority of people aged 50 – 64, suffer from two or more chronic conditions. Care of elderly people is sub-optimal. Healthcare system has limited resources to provide healthcare support to elderly people. Thus, there is need to empower the elderly to self-manage their health conditions. Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) i...

Telehealth of Patients with Chronic Diseases during Coronavirus 2019 Epidemic