Summary:
«Health system Mercy’s groundbreaking facility makes robust use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring – and has the results to prove the model’s success.»
«With nearly a decade of successfully running a virtual ICU and a virtual care hospital known today as Mercy Virtual Care Center, Mercy in St. Louis, Missouri, embarked on amplifying a new digital-first frontier in 2015: A new virtual care model of remote patient monitoring for patients living with complex conditions.»
«The program was born out of a need to better manage the sickest tier of Mercy’s patients. The sickest 5% of this cohort are responsible for 50-60% of expenditures. Despite this high-cost care, these patients experienced fragmented care, frequently cycling in and out of inpatient and outpatient settings.»
Article written by Bill Siwicki
03|01|2023
Source:
Health Care IT News
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/mercy-virtual-care-center-deep-dive-virtual-hospital