
- Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can be monitored at home during post-discharge period in the program's first year.
- Real-time patient-reported data from the home will be automatically collected, analyzed and presented in live clinician visual dashboard.
- Program expected to expand to other conditions, larger patient populations.
Beacon Health System and Biofourmis are collaborating on a multihospital post-discharge remote patient monitoring program for complex chronic conditions to reduce readmissions, expand care access across the region and improve clinical outcomes.
Beacon is launching its post-discharge RPM program with Biofourmis across two of its largest hospitals—Elkhart General Hospital and Memorial Hospital. Patients with congestive heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who meet certain criteria are to be enrolled in the program in the first year. Heart failure is responsible for nearly 1.3 million hospitalizations per year in the U.S. while COPD is attributed to more than 650,000 hospitalizations per year. Both conditions also have among the highest rates of hospital readmissions within 30 days — 23% for heart failure and 20% for COPD.
The BiofourmisCare solution includes the FDA-cleared Biovitals advanced analytics platform, patient-facing digital tools, clinician dashboard with a mobile interface, medical devices/equipment, as well as logistics and clinical services. Beacon providers can review all data and insights on the continuously updated clinician dashboard and, in a glance, providers can evaluate each patient trajectory.