Of the many advantages offered by remote patient management (RPM) — including a means to accomplish healthcare’s triple aim of improving care and the patient experience while reducing costs — perhaps the most significant is the power to affect true patient behavior change.

And that’s no small matter: More than two-thirds of healthcare costs in the U.S. are influenced by patient behaviors, according to a 2012 report from McKinsey&Company. The report points to a laundry list of risky behaviors that contribute to the prevalence of many acute and chronic conditions, including:

• alcohol and substance abuse
• smoking
• failing to exercise
• overeating or eating unhealthily
• not getting enough sleep

• living a stressful lifestyle

“Changing patient behavior is at the heart of the new model of healthcare,” the McKinsey report adds, pointing to the evolution to “a patient-centered model, involving prevention and active management of illness and disease.”

Discover how remote patient management can achieve these critical changes in patient behavior patterns: This white paper from Care Innovations® describes how RPM helps patients gain more control over their behaviors and engage more proactively with their health, all while achieving high satisfaction rates from the patients themselves.