ALR Technologies President Bill Smith Discusses the Rapid Changes to Diabetic Care on the "Good Life Revolution" with Jesse D...
29 Septembre 2014 - 6:00PM
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Richmond, VA and Vancouver, BC / ACCESSWIRE / September
29, 2014 / ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: ALRT), the
chronic care medical device company positioned at the forefront of
remote patient care, is pleased to announce that company president
Bill Smith was a guest on the "Good Life Revolution" with award
winning host Jesse Dylan, powered by Megacast. Smith explains how
the company's proprietary Health-e-Connect device is paving the way
for the future of Remote Patient Care by eliminating complications
with patient data and cutting Health Care costs whilst creating a
unique pool of profit for the Company.
"We can have clinical experts online looking at a patients data
on a regular basis between office visits and the patients wouldn't
have to do anything except plug their glucose meter into their
computer," Smith explains. The Health-E-Connect device connects
patients and Diabetes Care Facilitators through its remote care
system.
"It's a way of monitoring a patient's health between office
visits and for diabetes patients that's very important," Smith
says.
ALRT has recently begun enrolling patients with the Kansas City
Metropolitan Physician Association (KCMPA), which is the first
large-scale commercial deployment of the Health-e-Connect remote
management system. The goal is to lower high-risk glucose levels of
some of KCMPA's most challenging diabetic patients.
"Health-e-Connect was designed to help accountable care
organizations like KCMPA coordinate patient care among primary care
physicians, endocrinologists, and other specialists to improve
outcomes," says Smith. "KCMPA is on the forefront of this wave of
medical innovation."
The impact of diabetes on a global scale is on the rise; nearly
300 million people are expected to be diagnosed with diabetes by
the year 2025 and the total cost of managing the disease in the
United States alone is up to $245 billion, including $176 billion
in direct medical costs.
"It's a huge issue worldwide…it's exploding in Latin America and
it's exploding in Asia. It's really a public health pandemic that's
affecting the entire globe," says Smith.
However the adverse cost to monitor diabetes is on track to be
offset by the proposed Medicare bill that would see doctors and
physicians reimbursed for using technology like ALRT's
Health-e-Connect.
"There's a lot of work that happens when the patient isn't
physically in the office, so Medicare is proposing to pay
physicians to do that work. What it means for our company is that
if we are managing a patient behind the scenes [and remotely], the
doctors can potentially be paid for that work and in turn pay ALRT
for our services," says Smith.
The proposed payment schedule would reimburse physicians $41.92
for 20 minutes of remote chronic care management each month, and
the Health-e-Connect is the only off-the-shelf remote chronic care
management solution providing physicians to take full advantage of
the proposed reimbursement. With Health-e-Connect, physicians and
practitioners can meet their quality goals for diabetes care and
for the first time receive reimbursement for behind the scenes
care.
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About ALR Technologies Inc.
ALR Technologies is a medical device company providing remote
monitoring and care facilitation for patients with chronic
diseases. ALRT has developed the FDA-cleared and HIPAA compliant
Health-e-Connect System that collects data from blood glucose
meters and uploads to a secure website. Trained Facilitators use
the System to effect efficiency of care among patients, clinicians
and caregivers to improve outcomes and assist health plans to
optimize their quality goals. Currently, the Company is focused on
diabetes and will expand its services to cover other chronic
diseases anchored on verifiable data.
For more information regarding ALRT and the Health-e-Connect
system, Please visit http://www.glntv.tv/alrt or
http://alrt.com/.
SOURCE: ALR Technologies Inc.
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