As clinicians know, addressing the needs of patients living with chronic conditions, such as heart failure, Type 2 diabetes or hypertension, places a high level of strain on primary care providers and health systems. Although these patients require ongoing monitoring and regular check-ins to manage their conditions and help keep them out of the hospital, we typically see them in clinic only once or twice per year. That is what interested me recently when I decided to recommend a new remote patient monitoring program. Utica Park Clinic in Tulsa, Okla., where I am a practicing family physician…

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