In-Home Compliance Report

The Internet based apps can be used to accelerate electronic communications between patients and their providers in SIC, typically in the form of e-mail. Email could prove to be an effective tool for improving care and lowering costs in SIC because more frequent communications might enable better tracking of a patient's progress and might eradicate the need for an office visit. The Internet is giving patients direct access to their personal medical records. SIC have maintained voluminous records of patient encounters within their organizations, these records are only available during an office visit. Using an Internet based app, patients can monitor their own health records online. Patients at SIC can create wide-ranging records that capture information about the care received from SIC over an extended period of time. Internet based apps also offers the opportunity for improved monitoring of patients health and, provision of in-home care through video-based consultations with SIC doctors and control of medical equipment (e.g., pacemakers and dosimeters) deployed in the home. These activities will assist in the early detection of possible health problems, ranging from heart attacks to congestive heart failure and diabetes, reducing the need for clinical intervention and expensive hospital visits. …show more content…
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