Baltimore expands telehealth program for seniors (The Daily Record)

Friday Jul 13th, 2018

Baltimore has extended the Telehealth Intervention Program for Seniors program in the Park Heights community, hoping to reduce emergency room and hospital visits and emergency room visits.

The telehealth program remote monitors vital signs and social services for low-income adults over the age of 60.

“TIPS exemplifies two core principles of public health,” said Dr. Leana Wen, the city health commissioner. “First, TIPS goes to where people are, bringing care out of hospitals and into communities. Second, TIPS is all about prevention so that we can catch life-threatening developments early, before participants end up in the E.R. or the hospital.”

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