Category: Prevention and costs of care

Temple Daily Telegram Documents Benefit of Remote Monitoring

An article by Janice Gibbs of the Temple Daily Telegram underscores the points made by MR3 President, Stan Marett, earlier this year at the Temple Health and Bioscience District’s pitch competition at its annual Med-Tech Symposium. MR3 took third place at the competition with a presentation on the importance of RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) as…

Diabetic Foot Ulcers Cost Humana $400 Million Annually

Referring to data compiled from 2015 to 2016, Humana CEO Bruce Broussard noted that diabetes-related foot ulcers (DFUs) cost the insurance company approximately $400 million per year. The figure was included in a story about Humana Medicare Advantage member, known as “Jimmie”, whose own diabetic foot complications were identified through predictive analytics, thus making early…

MR3 Health Featured on Startups San Antonio

MR3 Health has been featured in an article on Startups San Antonio, a website devoted to the ever- growing number of STEM startups (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) in the Alamo City. Remote patient monitoring is increasingly recognized as the smart way to manage chronic patients without the constant stream of office visits. As MR3…

MR3 Health Guarantees Lower Costs and Better Outcomes

Technology is everywhere and showing no signs of slowing down, transforming our daily lives in business, family, culture and healthcare.  The benefits of technology in helping us achieve better outcomes and living longer, healthier lives is unquestionable.  But until cures are discovered, the economic burden of sky-rocketing healthcare costs continues to grow. . Telehealth – the…

Researchers Advocate Priority Shift in Care and Research to Prevent DFUs

In a 2016 article in Diabetes Researchers/Metabolism Research and Reviews,researchers Sicco Bus and Jaap van Netten at the University of Amsterdam assert that a shift in priority in diabetic foot care and research is needed. The majority of resources, including time and effort, are spent on ulcer healing even though 75 percent of ulcers are…