ELKRIDGE, Md. — Dynamed Solutions has announed a pilot for the first commercial use of its HealtheTrax software service to minotor patients new to CPAP therapy.
Sleep Services of America, Glen Burnie, Md., will use the multi-modal platform-independent service for remote monitoring of CPAP patients without the use of proprietary devices or smart monitoring equipment at its Maryland locations. The Software as a Service (SaaS) system assigns patients to numerous series of reminders aimed at managing chronic conditions, preventive services, medications and healthy lifestyles. Patients can get reminders via email, text message, interactive voice response or live phone engagement. They respond with messages aimed at tracking compliance and providing clinical values back to the provider.
Patients will receive daily questions about how many hours they used the machine each night and how well they are adjusting to sleeping with CPAP. SSA will intervene with patients who report problems.
"One of the biggest challenges we face with new CPAP patients is how they adjust to using this new piece of equipment in their homes," said John Mathias, president of SSA. "HealtheTrax gives us the ability to monitor patiens through the critical first 12 weeks of treatment and beyond without unduly burdening either the patients or our staff. We see this as the first step towards a more comprehensive sleep management program."