Royal Philips announced that NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital will expand its telehealth capabilities with Philips remote patient monitoring. The Hospital's affiliated physicians at Weill Cornell Medicine will use Philips eCareCoordinator and eCareCompanion remote patient monitoring software solutions for patients who are under their care. The program will help clinicians monitor patients' health from a distance, and enable timelier consultations with physicians when needed. The program is aimed to help reduce length of stay in the hospital, reduce preventable hospital readmissions, and reduce frequent costly visits to the emergency department. The Hospital's affiliated physicians at Columbia University Irving Medical Center expect to participate as well. Philips eCareCoordinator telehealth software platform allows clinicians to remotely monitor patients' vital signs and send patients short surveys about their health status, while eCareCompanion allows patients to share health information – such as blood pressure, weight, blood oxygen levels, and glucose levels – with their care team via a tablet and connected medical devices on a daily basis. This data enables clinicians to make informed, proactive, and timely care decisions, particularly if they notice something in the patient's daily health information that needs attention. NewYork-Presbyterian patients with hyperglycemia who were part of the first remote patient monitoring clinical pilot reported an 89% satisfaction score. NewYork-Presbyterian recently began programs to remotely monitor patients with congestive heart failure and new mothers with high blood pressure, and will be launching programs to monitor several other clinical conditions, including those related to maternal health and diabetes.