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Services included in telemonitoring

Telemonitoring services must include:
  • A mechanism for monitoring, tracking and responding to changes in a member's clinical condition
  • A standard of acceptable and unacceptable parameters for member's clinical parameters, which can be adjusted based on the member's condition
  • Policies and procedures which address how monitoring staff will respond to member values outside of identified parameters
  • A process for dealing with defective equipment in a manner that protects the safety of Priority Health members
  • A process for notifying the physician for significant changes in the member's clinical signs and symptoms
Preferably, telemonitoring services will also include:
  • A mechanism for monitoring weight, blood pressure and pulse daily
  • A process for physician identification of acceptable and unacceptable parameters for member's weight, blood pressure and pulse


Last modified 05/17/10