Philips releases latest telehealth tool

Philips Healthcare introduced its latest telehealth software, Philips Telehealth Solutions, at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice Annual Meeting and Exposition this week in Las Vegas.

According to the Andover, Mass.-based company, the new application expands the reach of their programs by including features to enable customers to care for chronically ill patients.

The new release includes:
  • Disease management capabilities, including diabetes, hypertension and co-morbidities;
  • Clinical decision support with patient workflow tracking and analysis;
  • Clinical data collection to support effective interventions; and
  • New clinical outcome and patient population reports.

The software will be broadly available in December, Philips added.

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