Billy Abbott, a retired Army medic, wakes at 6 every morning, steps on the bathroom scale and uses a cuff to take his blood pressure.
The devices send those measurements electronically to his doctor in Gulf Shores, Alabama, and a health technology company based in New York, to help him control his high blood pressure.
Nurses with the company, Cadence, remotely monitor his readings along with the vital signs of about 17,000 other patients around the nation. They call patients regularly and follow up if anything appears awry. If needed, they can change a patient’s medication or dosage without first alerting their doctor.
Abbott, 85, said he likes that someone is watching out for him outside his regular doctor appointments.
“More doctors should recommend this to their patients,” he said.