ForaCare has recently released the new FORA® SpO2 device—a simpler, more cost-effective solution to monitor pulse oxygen overnight in the comfort of a person’s home—which can help physicians diagnose health complications such as sleep apnea. Patients can place the FORA SpO2 device on a finger to perform a sleep test in their home, continuously measuring pulse oxygen and beats per minute. Since the device is small, lightweight and [...]

Prestige Healthcare Supplies recently partnered with ForaCare Inc. to distribute FORA Mobile Care Stations to nursing facilities to improve the process of capturing and monitoring vital signs. “Many facilities still rely on manual entries for vital sign measurements,” said Scott Gentry, owner of Prestige Healthcare Supplies. The Mobile Care Station makes the staff’s job much easier since it automatically uploads data directly from its monitoring devices to the [...]

Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is the next big thing in medical care; patients just don’t know it yet.  And, it seems, neither do many physicians.  On Thursday, CMS published the final rule on its new RPM codes, officially titled “Chronic Care Remote Physiologic Monitoring.”  There are three new RPM codes, all of which will go live starting January 1, 2019.  These codes incentivize providers to effectively and efficiently use RPM technology to monitor and manage patient care needs.   [...]