Florida-based Clear Arch Health has launched a mobile app to support convenient, secure and seamless real-time remote monitoring of patient vital signs.

Called Clear Arch Mobile, it is a remote patient monitoring (RPM) application that is compatible with Bluetooth-enabled technology and offers a flexible alternative to the company’s RPM tablet by providing a less expensive option that’s readily available to patients.

The firm has also extended the functionality of its validated LifeStream clinical monitoring dashboard by enhancing security with two-factor authentication and simplifying collection and transmission of patient data for clinician assessment and intervention, as needed. LifeStream became part of Clear Arch Health’s portfolio when the company acquired Life Care earlier this year.

“This new Clear Arch Health app is creating a solid a platform upon which we are building one of the first comprehensive RPM mobile apps that will meet the needs of today’s healthcare providers and keep pace with the evolving lifestyles of our patients,” said Rob Flippo, CEO of Clear Arch Health. “We listened to our customers and their requirements for RPM tools were clear: enhanced security, increased flexibility and lower cost options for their patients. Our new app is the pocket-sized RPM they have been hoping for.”

Clear Arch Health, a division of MobileHelp, and part of Advocate Aurora Enterprises, provides innovative, easy-to-adopt, and easy-to-use products and services for RPM and telehealth management. The company’s RPM, remote life safety (RLS) and personal emergency response systems (PERS) technologies can help providers enhance the patient experience, reduce costs and hospital readmissions, and improve clinical outcomes.

“Over the last few years, remote patient monitoring has proven to be a highly effective tool in managing chronic illness,” said Joseph Kvedar, professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School and a director of MobileHelp. “Clear Arch Mobile is going to advance remote monitoring even further, by putting this easy-to-use tool literally at a patient’s fingertips, providing always-on access to their health data, educational information about their condition, messages from their providers, appointment reminders and more.”