The technology is to be rolled out as part of a partnership between NHS Oldham and Oldham Council through which up to 150 patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) will receive support at home. Using mymedic Clinicians will be able to remotely monitor vital signs including blood pressure, pulse rate, and blood oxygen levels on a daily basis. And COPD patients, the initial focus of the partnership, will receive a personalized monitoring plan from clinicians.
"We believe this new scheme is key to improving the way that long-term conditions are managed and will offer care closer to home," said Dr Ian Wilkinson, a local GP and accountable officer for Oldham NHS Clinical Commissioning Group.
"It means we can make sure the care that is provided is more efficient, while at the same time improving the effectiveness and the convenience of these services for our patients.
"This is an important opportunity for advanced technology to improve services and we are confident it will deliver improved health for patients."
The project, which is expected to reduce hospital admissions, will see collaborative working between Oldham Council and NHS colleagues and follows widespread ministerial endorsement for telehealth technologies. David Cameron announced in December that the government would be rolling out telehealth devices on an "industrial scale". But fears have been voiced from WRVS that telecare solutions could isolate elderly people.
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Quelle/Source: Public Service, 09.01.2012
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