The combination of a burgeoning senior adult population and an increased prevalence of behavioral health conditions—encompassing mental health and substance use disorders—creates greater risks to elder health and wellness. It also produces an unsustainable burden on Medicare and provider organizations.

During the pandemic, remote patient monitoring (RPM) produced mounting evidence that it provides a cost-effective method to monitor and support care for many chronic illnesses. Physicians are beginning to realize the many benefits that enable them to follow the patient's status and make necessary changes that deliver better condition management. In a landscape of value-based and accountable outcomes, RPM can help prevent exacerbations and costly inpatient admissions.

In this video, we explore how motivational interviewing techniques can be used with care management programs, like Chronic Care Management, to encourage positive changes in your patients.

Despite increasing blood pressure awareness and control, more than 30% of adults with hypertension are unaware, and nearly 50% of diagnosed hypertension is uncontrolled. With the cost of diagnosed hypertension exceeding $50 billion annually, traditional office-based hypertension treatment hasn’t proven effective or efficient enough. High blood pressure (HBP) also remains poorly controlled at the population level.

Primary and specialty care providers want to extend care beyond the clinic, but it’s tough to do alone. Enter the community pharmacist uniquely positioned to support a successful Remote Patient (aka physiological) Monitoring (RPM) service.

Nearly half of all American adults have multiple chronic conditions, accounting for $1.1 trillion in healthcare costs annually. Additionally, two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries have two or more chronic conditions. Yet, in recent surveys, 85% of physicians felt they didn’t have adequate time to provide needed care to these patients, and over 90% wanted help to ensure that patients with multiple chronic conditions could adhere to their care plans.