California-based Sutter Well being is deploying proprietary medical units with a direct information hyperlink to Epic’s EHR, to assist sufferers proactively handle their power well being circumstances.
The nonprofit well being system’s proprietary blood stress cuff, scale and glucometer are designed to supply sufferers a simple, safe method to mechanically transmit information — with out the necessity to obtain a device-specific app. Information flows in actual time from the gadget to the Epic MyChart app on their telephone or pill, after which to their well being report in Epic.
As a part of the Sutter Sync digital care program, the brand new Sutter units will help sufferers managing hypertension, with a being pregnant pilot additionally launching for a small cohort of sufferers and referring suppliers. On the similar time, this system is increasing this fall to help eligible Medicare sufferers with excessive ldl cholesterol, with Sort 2 diabetes help deliberate for early 2026. Eligible sufferers are referred to this system by their physicians.”
The expertise will permit care groups to see measurements that sufferers take at dwelling and perceive how a affected person’s situation modifications between workplace visits. The idea is that the extra information will assist suppliers make better-informed therapy choices or counsel well timed treatment changes remotely, which could be particularly impactful for these with power circumstances.
“Sutter Sync takes rising expertise and applies it to real-world issues — serving to sufferers higher handle their well being exterior of the hospital, and in the end serving to to enhance outcomes,” mentioned Taylor Seale, telehealth & RPM product lead at Epic, in a press release.
“Sutter Sync displays the way forward for care: linked, handy and customized, that are important components to assist sufferers obtain and maintain their greatest well being outcomes over time,” mentioned Richard Milani, M.D., chief medical innovation officer for Sutter Well being, in a press release. “Few packages deal with a number of power circumstances in a single built-in mannequin, which collectively can cut back the burden on sufferers whereas producing an amazing influence on general well being.”