HGE Health, a telehealth spinout of the Temple Lung Center at Philadelphia-based Temple Health, will roll out services for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis within the next few months.
HGE Health's past programs have focused on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung transplant patients. HGE Health enables patients to track and share their vital signs via a smartphone app to help their physician stay up to date on their care status each day.
The goal of the telehealth program is to improve patient safety, by enabling a physician and patient to stay in touch and determine treatment changes as needed.