{"id":26379,"date":"2023-05-23T22:17:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T22:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical.andonline.com\/?page_id=26379"},"modified":"2023-05-23T22:17:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T22:17:35","slug":"knowledge-is-power-in-connected-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medical.andonline.com\/professional-resources\/knowledge-is-power-in-connected-health\/?lang=ce","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge is Power in Connected Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n By Greg Lillegard<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n Connected Health is a nuanced topic, with many names often used in its place: telehealth, telemedicine, mHealth, remote patient monitoring and remote care. \u00a0Regardless of the name used, it is an exciting area of growth in professional medical devices, and the old saying, \u201cknowledge is power\u201d is exceedingly true in Connected Health. The rapid advancement of technology in telehealth, combined with consumer comfort using IoT devices, allows healthcare providers more data and more timely data than they could have hoped for just a few years ago, much to the benefit of all parties.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n As providers are discovering, the primary benefit of Connected Health is an influx of reliable data, which makes diagnosis and treatment, especially of chronic conditions, more cost effective and efficient. \u00a0In the past, healthcare providers often lacked faith in handwritten measurement logs. \u00a0Were they accurate or recorded at the stated times? \u00a0Were some \u201cpoor\u201d readings excluded?<\/p>\n Now, measurements are logged automatically, which reduces error and confusion and increases reliability and consistency. \u00a0The new, more trustworthy data empowers healthcare providers to make better, faster, and more informed decisions, as well as improving the timeliness of their patient communication.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\nKnowledge is Power in Connected Health<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section>\n