- Respond to clinical data outside of regular clinic visits
- Recordings can be automatically sent to clinicians

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Remote patient monitoring, or the direct transmission of a patient’s clinical measurements to a healthcare provider, provides an efficient method of monitoring conditions as they progress. Symptoms and developments of chronic conditions can be tracked effectively as well.

Remote patient monitoring

- Opportunities of E-consult: clinician-to-clinician communications
- Opportunities for Remote patient monitoring
- Opportunities for Patient-initiated messaging
- Opportunities for Telephone visit
- Opportunities for Video visit

Opportunities of telehealth infrastructure

Kruse, C. S., Krowski, N., Rodriguez, B., Tran, L., Vela, J., & Brooks, M. (2017). Telehealth and patient satisfaction: A systematic review and narrative analysis. BMJ Open, 7(8). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016242

Telehealth and patient satisfaction: a systematic review and narrative analysis

- Requires staffing infrastructure
- There needs to be a method of integrating patient data into the electronic health record

Limitations of remote patient monitoring

- Time-efficient for specialists
- Patient-initiated second opinion requests are possible

Opportunities of E-consult: clinician-to-clinician communications

- The patient initiates communication-based on convenience 
- Patient can use self-service tools
- Live/autonomous responses can be employed
- Live text/messaging can be used for communication

Opportunities for Patient-initiated messaging

- Telephone visits are basically universally accessible by today's standards of living

Opportunities for telephone visits

- Improvement on clinical care in comparison to telephone visits
- A variation of a physical exam can be made using peripheral devices 
- favorable for reimbursement by insurance

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