In the spring of 2020, hospital and IT systems were put in a difficult position. For one, hospitals were overloaded with patients and bed space was at a premium, yet the need for care wasn’t waning. Health care systems also needed to contain the potential spread of a new pandemic between clinicians, staff, and patients in their facilities.
Consequently telehealth, and in particular remote patient monitoring (RPM), was accelerated as a way to track patients who may not need care in the hospital, yet still needed monitoring of critical physiological data to keep an eye on symptoms and the potential need for accelerated care.
