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3.2 Continuum of Monitoring creased caregiver efficiency, longitudinal data, peace
Technologies and their Value of mind for informal/family caregivers and reduced
informal caregiver burdens and strains.
The continuum of technologies that enable this
vision of care includes safety monitoring, as well as 3.2.3 Scope and Focus
health and wellness monitoring technologies. The
latter covers telehealth, biometric RPM, medication This CAST whitepaper focuses on telehealth and
management/monitoring, and telecare/telemonitor- biometric RPM only and does not cover safety
ing/behavioral monitoring. monitoring, telecare/telemonitoring of activities/
behavioral telemonitoring, or medication manage-

3.2.1 Safety Monitoring Technologies ment/monitoring. CAST recognizes the importance
of all these technologies and acknowledges that the
Safety monitoring technologies provide an en- lines separating these categories of technology are
hanced sense of security, prolonged independence, sometimes blurred because some telehealth and
improved quality of life and have the potential RPM technology platforms may integrate with, or
for improved health outcomes for seniors. They offer applications/functionalities, for safety, be-
provide peace of mind and reduce the strains of havioral monitoring or medication management.
informal/family caregivers. These technologies also CAST will consider dedicating whitepapers, selec-
have the potential to improve the quality of care tion matrices and online selection tools to these
and reduce liability for care providers. other categories of technology based on providers’
interest and demand for such tools. However, the
Finally, safety technologies have the potential to selection matrix of telehealth and RPM products
improve care quality and reduce health care costs will include information about these products’ abil-
for payers and society in general. ity to interface to or integrate with safety moni-
toring, telecare and medication monitoring tech-
3.2.2 Health and Wellness Monitoring nologies, as well as EHRs. Finally, the whitepaper
Technologies and Telehealth and RPM Selection Matrix will be

Health and wellness technologies include health followed with an online Selection Tool that facili-
monitoring and promotion technologies, behavioral tates and expedites the process of narrowing down
and health status monitoring systems, telehealth, potential solutions and identifying vendors to invite
RPM and telemedicine systems, and medication to participate in a Request for Proposal (RFP), as
management technologies, which focus on the physi- well as a set of provider case studies delineating the
cal health and wellness of seniors, among others. benefits they experienced and the lessons learned
during the implementation of telehealth and RPM
The anticipated value propositions these technolo- solutions.
gies offer may include better health outcomes for
seniors and reduced health care bills for payers. This whitepaper and the companion Telehealth and
These technologies may provide coordination of RPM Selection Matrix, online Selection Tool and
care, reduced professional caregiver workloads, in- case studies, represent a continuation of CAST’s

Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring for Long-Term and Post-Acute Care:
A Primer and Provider Selection Guide 2013