UVA receives $4.4 million federal grant to expand Interactive Home Monitoring program
A three-year, $4.4 million Federal Communications Commission grant will enable UVA Health to expand its Interactive Home Monitoring care for patients with serious and chronic conditions, including COVID-19 and diabetes.
Through this federal grant, our remote monitoring and home telehealth programs will be able to serve a larger number of patients from underserved groups and patients from rural communities with acute and chronic illnesses.
Karen S. Rheuban, MD, Director, UVA Center for Telehealth
In 2020, UVA Health and provided about 1,000 unique patients with a data plan-enabled tablet computer for telehealth visits with UVA care providers and devices to monitor vital signs such as blood pressure, weight, heart rate, temperature, blood-sugar levels and oxygen levels. The tablet computer also provides a connection to a UVA Health video library for health education.