Tele medicine
- 5 December 2011 19:04141074this has been mentioned on here before as a possible way forward.
dave has confirmed it now and i must admit it does look like a goer.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8936196/Three-million-NHS-patients-monitored-at-home-to-free-up-hospitals.html - 5 December 2011 19:44141076Where its appropriate it really does work , Patients have reported they feel more involved and there isnt the long delay in getting the right treatment . Its less traumatic than being moved in and out of hospital and also cuts the risk of cross infection, Couple this with the Chronic condition support that the Community Matrons can access and the intermediate care teams it might just be a way forward
- 5 December 2011 19:53141079anything that cuts down on visits to surgeries and hospitals must be a good thing for patients and medics.
i get called in for a blood pressure and heart rate test every 3 months even though i bought a monitor for a tenner from argos. - 5 December 2011 20:02141080I can cut down that sort of routine recall as well as anticipating emergencies , you might be able to flog that monitor on ebay Howard
- 5 December 2011 20:18141083there must be lots of routine things that could be done over the phone, i would draw the line at removing my appendix, however good the instructions were.
- 5 December 2011 20:31141088Some people just have no sense of adventure ! Howard you are really letting the side down
- 5 December 2011 21:46141096I am a real fan of telemeds. I have seen so many benefits - as Sarah says it promotes inclusion and independence among other things. I have seen one woman who needed 5:1 support (lots of reasons) who ended up more independent, living in her own flat (not the institution she had been in) with 1:1 support during the day and none at all at night because she had telemeds and telecare. So many good reasons to use it, apart from the efficiencies it can bring.
