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view appointments on their phone , talk to doctors , and receive medication reminders . " It can be stressful for both patients and their families - they have a complex condition , and they ' re being referred to something that could be a life-changing intervention ", Ide says . " Referrals come from all over the south-east [ of the US ]. Patients could arrive at an appointment after driving for hours having forgotten to bring their medicine , and then they get turned around , which is very frustrating for both the staff and the patients ."
" It ' s really a patient journey app . We often use the Amazon tracker analogy because , in other aspects of our lives , we ' ve got used to this transparency of seeing when your order was placed , when it ' s being fulfilled , packaged , shipped , and out for delivery . This app is about how we bring that same level of transparency to these patient journeys where they are connected to the health system , and data is being fed into the
“ We ' ve always felt that remote patient monitoring was a key piece of understanding what ' s happening with patients , long before 2020 ”
DR LUCIENNE IDE , MD , PHD PHYSICIAN AND SCIENTIST , RIMIDI
50 June 2021