Case Study: U.S. Military achieves first-year cost savings with Current Health virtual care

US Military Health System Sees Facility-Level Cost Savings in the First Year of Virtual Care Program

The U.S. Military Health System needed a way to safely manage COVID-19 patients at home while reducing pressure on military treatment facilities and understanding whether virtual care would actually improve outcomes and lower costs. Current Health provided the remote patient monitoring technology used in the program, including a wearable device and centralized monitoring support.

Using Current Health, the Defense Health Agency deployed a standardized virtual care program across eight military treatment facilities and compared results with facilities without the program. The approach led to a 12% lower length of stay, 11.4% of patients being escalated to a physical bed, 85.7% of patients being directly discharged from home monitoring, and no increase in 30-day readmissions or ED visits. The program also achieved a 97.5% activation rate, 85% wearable adherence, and an estimated $2,047 cost savings per COVID-19 patient, generating $2.3 million in net savings in the first year.

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