Remote monitoring is rapidly growing — and a new class of patient-consumer is driving the shift

(By Erin Brodwin for STAT)

A cardiac patient in Carlsbad sends their doctor in San Francisco a readout of their heart rate, courtesy of an Apple Watch. A New Yorker with hypertension texts with an Alabama health coach about data from their smart blood pressure cuffs. A person with diabetes snaps a photo of their dinner and uses an app to predict how it will impact their blood sugar.  Continue reading article here…

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