Telehealth Success

Here are a few examples of the ways telehealth provides cost savings and improves the quality of care.

• Diabetes Management
• Remote Inpatient Monitoring
• Remote Post-Discharge Monitoring
• Virtual Sitters

• The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Diabetes Telehealth Network provided real-time remote care to 100 diabetes patients as part of a pilot program.

  96%

  patients took their medications as directed

  83%

  patients kept their scheduled telehealth appointments

  $339,000

  in true healthcare costs saved

• Mercy Virtual Care Center provides remote support for intensive-care units, emergency rooms and other programs in 38 smaller hospitals.

  35%

  decrease in patients' average length of stay

  30%

  fewer deaths than anticipated

• A 90-day transitional telemonitoring services for underserved COPD and heart failure patients who had been discharged from acute care utilization.

  50%

  reduction in 30-day readmission rates

  ~16%

  decrease in 180-day readmission rates

• Mission Health's neuroscience staff continuously monitor patients via an infrared camera.

  1.32 fewer falls

  fall rate fell from 4.77 to 3.45 (baseline to implementation)

  $250,000

  reduction in fall related costs