Leveraging smartwatches for chronic care can greatly enhance patient engagement by facilitating continuous activity tracking and condition management. A recent study from Australia revealed that chronic disease patients using a smartwatch-based digital intervention after acute myocardial infarction had a 27% lower risk of all-cause hospital readmission compared to those receiving usual care alone.
This article discusses the benefits of using smartwatches for chronic care management, including facilitating continuous activity tracking, condition monitoring, and sharing health data with healthcare providers. It also details the Tenovi Smart Watch, a device integrated with the Tenovi Cellular Gateway for activity tracking of chronic disease patients.
Benefits of Smartwatch Chronic Care Activity Tracking
Wearable devices serve two key functions as healthcare tools. First, they can help prevent disease and maintain health by tracking physical activity and sleep duration. Second, smartwatches for chronic care patients assist with chronic disease management by monitoring symptoms, delivering therapies, and sharing health data with healthcare providers.
Activity trackers can be used to encourage physical activity in those with conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and respiratory conditions as well as improve remote assessment of overall mobility. Interventions using activity trackers have shown improvements in health metrics across a wide range of populations.
Below is research demonstrating evidence of these activity tracker-enabled improvements.
- Weight management
Increased physical activity
Reduction in body weight
Improvements in BMI and LDL cholesterol - Following orthopedic surgery
Reduction in rehospitalization
Increased physical activity - Patients with neurological diseases
Improved mobility
Improvements in walking speed
Increased physical activity - Patients with cardiovascular diseases
Increased physical activity
Tenovi Smart Watch for Chronic Care Patients
The Tenovi Smart Watch integrates seamlessly with the Tenovi Cellular Gateway. It enables healthcare providers to track a patient’s progress toward daily goals and utilize real-time health data to make better decisions quickly. The highly accurate Tenovi Smart Watch encourages an active lifestyle for patients while tracking steps and heart rate hourly and sleep duration daily. A care manager can update the daily goal through the cellular gateway, providing a seamless experience for the patient.
The accuracy and features of smartwatches for chronic care and health management are key. The algorithms smartwatches use need to be accurate and reliable. Also, smartwatches must transmit accurate data to healthcare providers so a qualified healthcare professional can detect health changes accurately.
Smart Watch Key Features
- Tracks steps and heart rate on an hourly basis
- Tracks daily sleep duration
- Kit includes 1 device, a USB charging adapter, and a USB port
- Testing showed step count was within 5% of Apple Watch.
How Does the Tenovi Smart Watch Work?
The Tenovi Cellular Gateway is used with the Tenovi Smart Watch. The Tenovi Cellular Gateway and watch are easy to set up. Patients only need to connect the Smart Watch to the Gateway one time.
Data is automatically transferred once per day to the patient’s physician. A simple red light on the gateway reminds the patient to stand within 20 feet of the gateway anytime between 10 AM and midnight to transmit data. At that time, the patient data transmits wirelessly to the Tenovi cloud.
The Gateway turns green to confirm the measurements were successfully transmitted. With Tenovi’s advanced system integrations, physicians can view the measurements in the Tenovi dashboard or their proprietary platform.
How to Use the Tenovi Smart Watch
This short video shows you how to set up and use the Tenovi Smart Watch.
Please see the Tenovi Smart Watch Quick Start Guide for further assistance.
Tenovi Technical Support
Remote patient monitoring devices can improve the quality of care for patients with chronic conditions but also require proper guidance and support. That’s why Tenovi offers a HIPAA-compliant technical support team that helps patients and providers troubleshoot RPM technology.
Tenovi’s technical support associates are trained to provide clear and friendly technical support for devices. By providing this level of support, Tenovi reduces the workload and stress for healthcare providers and enhances the patient experience.
The Smartwatch for Chronic Care in the Future
Giving people real-time, detailed information about their health through a smartwatch for chronic care could help those with long-term illnesses receive more personalized care. Doctors can better understand their condition over time by closely tracking a patient’s health measures. This allows them to tailor care specifically for that individual. So, people with chronic diseases may benefit from devices that monitor their health in real-time. It provides key data for customized treatment plans.
If you want to learn more about how Tenovi can help you deliver better care with remote patient monitoring, please schedule a free demo and consultation with us today.
