Fast-Tracking Hypertension Care: Optimizing Cardiology Referrals Through Remote Patient Monitoring

A new remote patient monitoring pathway was developed in partnership between cardiology and the Patient Monitoring at Home program at Michigan Medicine to address long wait times for patients referred to cardiology for hypertension.  This new program was tested via a small pilot study, and compared to usual care (waiting to be seen in-person by a cardiologist), the program expedited patient care, allowing most patients to be seen by a provider within the same week as their referral, provided more touchpoints with nursing staff who were monitoring daily blood pressures, and resulted in patients having their blood pressure controlled within 45 days. This pilot demonstrates that a successful partnership between remote patient monitoring, advanced practice practitioners, and cardiology team members can right-size cardiology referrals and help patients to be seen by the right provider at the right time.

Understand low vs. high-value hypertension referrals to cardiology

Learn how remote patient monitoring and advanced practice providers can right-size cardiology referrals