The Health Buddy^® Appliance from Health Hero Network is a telehealth solution that collects and transmits disease management information about a patient’s chronic condition including vital signs, symptoms and behaviors. Patients can be prompted to take required measurements with a variety of medical devices, including blood glucose meters, weight scales and blood pressure monitors. The Health Buddy Appliance automatically dials a toll-free number to send the information to a secure data center, where it is viewed by a home care clinician.

Benefits

• Improves self-care, treatment and medication compliance by educating, motivating and monitoring patients on a daily basis
• Enables clinicians to gather data remotely
• Frees clinicians to focus on their most critical patients, delivering care when appropriate instead of based on a fixed schedule
• Enhances the productivity of provider organizations by allowing clinicians to manage more patients with existing resources

Features

• The Health Buddy Appliance was awarded Best Product by Business Week and Best Enabling Tool by the Disease Management Association of America.
• The Health Buddy Appliance's easy-to-use, four-button design helps ensure patient acceptance and use of the system.
• This telehelath tool responds to the patient’s answers with education, reinforcement and messages that may prompt behavioral changes for improved outcomes.
• The scripted two-way communication channel allows organizations to deliver targeted interventions before a patient’s condition becomes acute.

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