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Remote patient monitoring policy: Effects on diabetes care
Author(s)Richard Payerchin
Fact checked by: Todd Shryock
Caroline Pearson, executive director of the Peterson Center on Healthcare, explains a new analysis of use and payment for remote monitoring technologies.
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Patients with diabetes can us remote monitoring technologies to measure their blood sugar and transmit those results to their physicians. Is that actually helping their treatments? “Evolving Remote Monitoring: An Evidence-Based Approach to Coverage and Payment,” a
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