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Remote patient monitoring policy: Clinical success, part 1 — hypertension

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Caroline Pearson, executive director of the Peterson Center on Healthcare, explains a new analysis of use and payment for remote monitoring technologies.

Remote monitoring technology is a powerful tool in helping patients manage a disease and for physicians and other clinicians in adjusting care plans. Peterson Center on Healthcare Executive Director Caroline Pearson discusses a finding about hypertension in the report, “Evolving Remote Monitoring: An Evidence-Based Approach to Coverage and Payment.”


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