Remote Patient Monitoring
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) products not only include direct monitoring devices such as wearables, digital scales, blood pressure cuffs, and glucose monitors, but also the platforms and software that enable interaction with the collected health data. These systems aggregate and analyze the data from wearables and other monitoring devices, providing healthcare providers with insights into patient health trends and alerts for abnormal readings.
Product Usage: The product is used for automating diagnostic lab orders, thereby reducing manual work and errors.
Strengths: The product’s strengths lie in its automation capabilities, seamless integration with other systems, and efficient customer support.
Weaknesses: From the user’s perspective, the product does not seem to have any weaknesses.
Overall Judgment: The user is entirely satisfied with the product and recommends it for those looking to automate diagnostic lab testing.
Product Usage: Validic was used for collecting and standardizing data from various health devices like Apple Watch, FitBit, and blood pressure cuffs, thereby helping the user keep track of their health data more efficiently.
Strengths: Validic provides excellent device coverage, good uptime, a very clear and robust API, and robust technical support.
Weaknesses: Due to Validic’s model, when a device includes a new sensor or data, clients have to wait for Validic to update their system causing delays; additionally, the service can be relatively expensive.
Overall Judgment: Validic is good at what they do, providing support, solid uptime, and expansive device coverage, making it a worthy investment in contrast to building a similar solution internally.
Product Usage: The product is used for automating data collection of custom intake questionnaires, facilitating virtual visits, and remote patient monitoring.
Strengths: The product’s affordability and quick setup due to its existing marketplace relationship with athenahealth are its main strengths.
Weaknesses: The product has functionality limitations, struggles with reliability especially for the virtual visit feature, and could utilize API connectivity with athenahealth better.
Overall Judgment: The product does not fully meet the company’s needs in terms of reliability and integration with athenahealth, and it may not have been the best choice compared to potentially better vendors in the market.