Telehealth intervention programs for seniors: An observational study of a community-embedded health monitoring initiative
| Autor: | Brian T Quinn, David Sachs, John Migliaccio, Mae Carpenter, Liam Johnson, Colette Phipps, Jennifer Schwartz, Taya Hamilton, David Putrino, Marikay Capasso, Jean F. Coppola |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
020205 medical informatics Remote patient monitoring telehealth Population Health Informatics 02 engineering and technology Telehealth remote patient monitoring Medicare Patient Readmission Health Information Management Intervention (counseling) Health care 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Humans Community Health Services education older adults Aged education.field_of_study Medicaid business.industry General Medicine Telemedicine United States Chronic disease Family medicine Observational study business chronic disease |
| Popis: | Background:Chronic disease in older adults is estimated to account for 84% of annual health care spending in the United States, with many preventable costs expected to rise as the population continues to age. Introduction:Telehealth Intervention Programs for Seniors (TIPS) is a community-embedded program targeting low-income older adults, providing weekly assessment of vital signs and subjective wellness, and wrap-around aging services. Materials and Methods:TIPS recruited 765 volunteers over 55 years, who were Medicaid and/or Medicare eligible. Data were collected from 2014 to 2016 [median enrollment 343 days (105–435)] using 12 TIPS sites. This observational study evaluated the efficacy of TIPS by measuring within-subject changes in self-reported hospital visits and |
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