MedApps, Inc., a provider of mHealth technology, is launching a new remote monitoring pilot aimed at chronic disease management for patients with Congestive Heart Failure.

MedApps will partner with Meridian Health, a comprehensive healthcare provider in New Jersey, to initiate the pilot focused on patients discharged from acute care settings with CHF.  The focus of the program will be to monitor the participants on a daily, near real-time basis, to help improve patient outcomes and decrease re-admissions to the hospitals within 30 days.

"Meridian Health is a perfect partner for us", says Kent Dicks, MedApps' founder and CEO.  "The New Jersey community, which Meridian serves, is diverse, knowledgeable and forward thinking.  Meridian has demonstrated an ability to provide leading-edge healthcare solutions and we will work closely with them to develop even more effective ways to link patients with their care providers."

The pilot will utilize HealthPAL and HealthCOM, two products from MedApps, to provide specific biometric data  for review by monitoring nurses and attending physicians.

The program's objectives include: 

1) Monitor signs and symptoms immediately after discharge from hospital environments and provide individualized education and follow up support;

2) Promote patient self-management, independence and adherence to prescribed treatments; and

 3) Help identify early signs / symptoms of worsening conditions in a post acute environment.   A further goal will be to reduce re-admission rates and ER utilization of patients with CHF.

The remote monitoring system includes the HealthPAL, a small, portable device designed to provide "hands-off" health data transmission to patients' electronic health records.  MedApps officials said the back-end software component of the system features HealthCOM, a web-based portal for professional care providers to enable remote monitoring and data management tools. 

The MedApps system is designed to integrate with a variety of medical monitors to remotely transmit, store and report timely, accurate health information virtually anywhere.