Anthem Blue Cross in California Testing Remote Health Monitoring Devices for Chronic Heart Failure

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News Since January 2010, Anthem Blue Cross, a WellPoint subsidiary in California, has been testing a wireless scale and blood-pressure cuff in a telehealth remote monitoring pilot. Anthem has anticipated that patients with CHF will experience better care coordination and avoid hospitalization or readmissions. Traditionally, CHF care management has required the patient to monitor and record changes in their health condition; Anthem believes the daily record-keeping and lifestyle modification poses a challenge to producing lasting positive impact on health outcomes. Anthem Blue Cross contracted with IDEAL LIFE in January 2010 . . .