Technology Enabled Care - Home Health Monitoring |
Introduction & Purpose
To improve our knowledge of current practice and use of Home Health Monitoring (HHM) by health and social care services across Scotland, the Scottish Centre for Telehealth & Telecare (SCTT) has designed this short base line survey and asks for your assistance.
The information gathered from this survey will be used to inform the development and expansion of Home Health Monitoring in Scotland and final results will be shared with all participants and through the Improvement Support aspect of the Scottish Governments: Technology Enabled Programme, Delivering our Ambitions.
Telehealth
Telehealth, or similar terms such as “Home Health Monitoring“ (HHM), Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), and Telemonitoring enables individuals to take more control over their own health. It can become an important part of an individual’s care by enabling physiological information about their health condition to be monitored regularly to flag immediate issues anchanging/deteriorating health status. It has a role to play in enabling people, such as those living with Long Term Conditions, to stay at home and in their communities for as long as appropriate.
Within HHM, patients use digital technologies to collect their own health data in one location and electronically transfer that information securely to an appropriate professional in a different location. The parameters measured may include, for example, blood glucose, pulse oximetry, weight or blood pressure. This “vital sign” data is accessible by health and/or care staff that, together with the patient, will use the information to better plan their care and monitor their condition. There is a wide range of different technology combinations available which support the delivery of monitoring services .
For additional information on Home-based Health Monitoring, www.sctt.scot.nhs.uk/community/programmes
Please take the time to complete this survey and do discuss with colleagues if you feel it will provide a more comprehensive set of answers.
If you wish to discuss this survey, please contact Michelle Brogan, Service Development Manager, SCTT, email: michelle.brogan@nhs24.scot.nhs.uk.
Closing date for survey responses is 6th March 2015.
*Note - you may complete this survey more than once in case you have a number of different projects you wish to tell us about.
The information gathered from this survey will be used to inform the development and expansion of Home Health Monitoring in Scotland and final results will be shared with all participants and through the Improvement Support aspect of the Scottish Governments: Technology Enabled Programme, Delivering our Ambitions.
Telehealth
Telehealth, or similar terms such as “Home Health Monitoring“ (HHM), Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), and Telemonitoring enables individuals to take more control over their own health. It can become an important part of an individual’s care by enabling physiological information about their health condition to be monitored regularly to flag immediate issues anchanging/deteriorating health status. It has a role to play in enabling people, such as those living with Long Term Conditions, to stay at home and in their communities for as long as appropriate.
Within HHM, patients use digital technologies to collect their own health data in one location and electronically transfer that information securely to an appropriate professional in a different location. The parameters measured may include, for example, blood glucose, pulse oximetry, weight or blood pressure. This “vital sign” data is accessible by health and/or care staff that, together with the patient, will use the information to better plan their care and monitor their condition. There is a wide range of different technology combinations available which support the delivery of monitoring services .
For additional information on Home-based Health Monitoring, www.sctt.scot.nhs.uk/community/programmes
Please take the time to complete this survey and do discuss with colleagues if you feel it will provide a more comprehensive set of answers.
If you wish to discuss this survey, please contact Michelle Brogan, Service Development Manager, SCTT, email: michelle.brogan@nhs24.scot.nhs.uk.
Closing date for survey responses is 6th March 2015.
*Note - you may complete this survey more than once in case you have a number of different projects you wish to tell us about.