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CHARLOTTE, NC – The Premier healthcare alliance, a national performance improvement organization, has awarded a group purchasing agreement to Authentidate for the provision of remote patient monitoring telehealth solutions in the Premier Physiological Monitoring, Vital Signs category.
Premier has than 2,500 U.S. hospital members and members also include more than 80,000 other healthcare sites.
[See also: Utah Telehealth Network, University of Utah launch telehealth pilot]As a contracted supplier, Authentidate's Electronic House Call, Kiosk and Interactive Voice Response solutions will be available for purchase by the hospitals, clinics and other healthcare organizations that are members of Premier.
Authentidate's remote patient monitoring telehealth solutions enable patients to return to their normal routines, while providing frequent updates of patient vital signs and related data to healthcare providers. By allowing healthcare providers to set up tailored monitoring sessions to meet specific patient needs, the Authentidate remote monitoring solutions are designed to contribute to improved patient outcomes with fewer in-person doctor or emergency room visits, Authentidate executives say.
Providers can use remote patient monitoring, which reduces costs and allows for improved patient care, to oversee patients who have chronic diseases such as congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, hypertension and sleep apnea.
[See also: VA taps Authentidate for telehealth work]The Electronic House Call, or EHC, and the multi-user Kiosk touch screen devices are designed to improve patient care and reduce costs by delivering patient vital signs and patient responses to session questions about their condition to healthcare providers through the secure web-based application. The EHC and Kiosk devices both connect to a variety of industry-standard peripherals that measure patient vital signs. The Interactive Voice Response (IVR) service uses voice recognition technology to allow patients to answer their session questions and enter their vital signs data verbally or using the keypad from any touch tone phone.
A patient's vital signs and answers to session questions are immediately viewable on the secure web-based application by authorized care providers. Automated reminders are available for monitoring sessions, medication schedules, diets, disease specific education modules as well as follow-up physician visit reminders. These features help to increase care plan compliance, prepare patients to self-manage their disease in accordance with the care plan devised by their healthcare provider and contribute to improved overall outcomes, say Authentidate executives.
"It is our expectation that our telehealth products and services will help Premier members achieve improved outcomes and reduced hospital readmissions for their patients,” said Seth Loonan, director of marketing at Authentidate Holding Corp.
