Drupal blog posts https://www.healthbeats.co/blog en Telehealth after Covid-19 https://www.healthbeats.co/blog/telehealth-after-covid-19 <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span>Telehealth after Covid-19</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/users/hbadmin" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">hbadmin</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>Wed, 04/29/2020 - 11:49</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Many European countries are making their first steps on the way to restart economic and social activities, balancing their goals to minimise the impact on citizens' health and to keep capacities of healthcare systems under control. Despite the timing, detailed plans differ between countries depending on the degree of being affected and myriad other factors - though there is a general framework within EU. The 'Joint European roadmap towards lifting COVID-19 containment measures' has a lot in common with other regions’ plans and strategies.</p> <p>Exit strategy and “reopening economies” phase<br /> The most critical strategic points are the triggers, which allow countries to move from the first phase of slowing the COVID-19 spread to the second phase of reopening economies, and then to the third phase of lifting all restrictions. Safe vaccine or treatments are the main triggers for the third phase, so the time frame between the second and third phases may last months.</p> <p>Therefore, it is necessary to rethink and rebuild our everyday life, considering the constant presence of COVID-19. Some of the social distancing measures will need to be in place on a long-term basis, especially for senior adults, people with chronic conditions and other populations at heightened risk from COVID-19. And adopting telehealth, as a key technology for safe and efficient communication, should be a part of this new routine.  </p> <p>During the first phase of slowing COVID-19 spread many healthcare organisations experienced rapid and extremely radical transformation from in-person care to telehealth. They had to embrace and expedite the adoption process, which normally takes months of project planning, pilots, implementing and training. The majority of organisations worked on temporary solutions, while some utlised telephone consultations, Facetime, and Skype etc.</p> <p>But the experience during these few weeks provided answers on the vast majority of critical questions such as identifying a need for telehealth inside healthcare organisations, defining the value for clinicians and patients, defining the requirements for telehealth platforms, understanding the feedback from users, forming a team of telehealth key supporters, defining algorithms for remote consultation of patients with COVID-19 and many others. The results of these challenging experiences should be utilised and all gathered information should be structured and analysed for future learning and potential implementation.</p> <p>Telehealth platform implementation<br /> Choosing the technology partner is a key step in telehealth implementation. The list of requirements for vendors evaluating processes can contain the following topics and have to be arranged in order of their importance.</p> <p>To establish long-term partnerships, it is important to receive a full overview of a company's business and financial information, experience, references and existing projects.<br /> The assessment of telehealth solutions can be divided into several sections. The main checklist can include the following functions: audio/ video-conferencing, secure messaging and chat, electronic scheduling with reminder system, dashboards, analytics and reports, billing and online payment, image and file uploads, e-prescribing, geo-location, and digital medicine coding. The data centre (cloud-hosted, private-cloud, on-premise), existing data migration and scalability requirements should be addressed too.<br /> Key components are interoperability and security requirements. The integration with the EHR, PACS, digital medical devices and other solutions should be focused on. From a security standpoint: GDPR (EU), HIPAA compliance (US), hosting health data regulations, information system security requirements, third-party audits, together with users’ authentication and authorisation process should all be major considerations.<br /> Branding and customisation will be among the mandatory tasks for many healthcare organisations. Language localisation, branded mobile application (Android, iOS) and personalised intake, along with visit summary forms should all be factored into plans.<br /> The best way to check all the above requirements and to make an informed decision is to pilot potential candidate solutions or at least request a comprehensive demonstration. The main goal of a pilot is to confirm applicability of the exact solution to the current and future needs in telehealth. A patient advocate can participate in the check of the usability: how user friendly interfaces are, if the solution is a non-device specific software and can work on existing users’ devices (computers, smartphones, notebooks and tablets).</p> <p>Telehealth workflow, document flow and guidelines are important for any healthcare organisation. It’s better to define all steps for patients, clinicians and administrators (before, during and after virtual visits), as well as clear roles and responsibilities with different permission levels. Local policies should be used to identify if a telehealth visit is an appropriate type for the individual patient and document flow should meet the country’s requirements for reimbursement process.</p> <p>Furthermore, customer service is a key success factor. The level of support during and after implementation, training for users, 24/7 hotline, and technical support are critical.</p> <p>The budget calculation usually includes hardware, software, services, education, integration, customisation, additional resources. The return of investment calculation will be relevant and useful for the majority of projects.</p> <p>COVID-19 accelerated a global shift of consumer behavior towards digital solutions for personal, work and healthcare communications. But this alone will not help us to make the right choice in partners when trying to identify the most suitable telehealth platform for implementation and use.</p> <p>The pandemic may mean that we’ve already answered many questions and recognise our priorities. But we should take this opportunity to rebuild our readiness to this type of crisis and to those that lie in waiting, and effective telehealth is a tool that can help us prepare.  </p> <p>https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/europe/telehealth-after-covid-19</p></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-blog-comments--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--field-blog-comments.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-blog-comments.html.twig x field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> <section> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> Wed, 29 Apr 2020 03:49:41 +0000 hbadmin 21 at https://www.healthbeats.co https://www.healthbeats.co/blog/telehealth-after-covid-19#comments 5 Ways Telemonitoring Can Transform Quality of Care https://www.healthbeats.co/blog/5-ways-telemonitoring-can-transform-quality-care <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span>5 Ways Telemonitoring Can Transform Quality of Care</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/users/hbadmin" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">hbadmin</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--blog-post.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>Wed, 03/20/2019 - 00:26</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><img alt="telehealth" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2d0b09a7-cd14-4436-954b-820f93b1d7ea" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/blog1.png" class="align-center" /><p> </p> <p>Providers and insurers have a financial stake in keeping patients out of the hospital. To do so, they need accurate, up-to-date patient information and the ability to quickly share that data with different members of their team. Not only does this take the right software, but also the right device.</p> <p>With the use of telemonitoring in the home healthcare sector, organizations can now capture previously inaccessible in-home patient data with the help of tablet-equipped home health aides; which has produced an annual savings of $3,000 per member. To keep at-risk patients healthy while minimizing costs, healthcare providers need to take a team-based approach on how to effectively use this new technology and achieve both goals.</p> <p>Look at a typical routine example of an aide’s day: The home health aides will visit patients who have chronic diseases to capture biometric data and record their observations. They must then communicate this data with care managers, who coordinate any necessary medical intervention. Because each care manager remotely oversees more than 100 patients, they need accurate and immediate information from the health aides who interact with these individuals on a regular basis.</p> <p>Without a complete picture of each patient’s symptoms and condition, it’s hard for care managers to make good decisions and respond to potential health threats before there’s a real problem. With the daunting task of making sure all necessary information is communicated back in a timely manner, implementing the proper program on an easy-to-use mobile device is key for all members in the process to do their job efficiently and effectively while also improving patient engagement scores and helping the organization save money.</p> <p>Organizations need to invest in the proper software and cloud-based applications that will facilitate communication between a patient’s entire care team on the proper device that has a highly secure architecture and is also easy-to-use for consumers and employees.  </p> <p>Both of these items together will make it easier for aides to record patient behaviors, mental and physical state, vital signs and medication adherence in real-time.</p> <p>A case study involved more than 350 participants over a year’s time and with that many people, the vendor was able to provide mobile devices on a large-scale deployment. When deciding to choose a phone or larger device, a 9.6’ tablets with front and back facing cameras were chosen. The larger tablet screens made it easier to navigate the icon-based software and view images better. Cameras are essential for clinical photography and documentation.</p> <p><strong>Telemonitoring Takeaways</strong></p> <p><strong>1. Real-time data:</strong> In the past, care managers had to wait for health aides to finish their rounds and upload patient data after appointments. Now aides can use designated tablets to enter data from each patient’s bedside. Care managers have real-time access to this information, enabling them to intervene more quickly when members need additional support.</p> <p><strong>2. Actionable alerts:</strong> The software is customized for each disease and individual, and sends alerts to care managers when data is outside healthy parameters for a specific patient or when there are negative trends. So far, the system is generating an average of two alerts per member per month. Because the device offers actionable alerts, care managers are able to respond quickly to patients at the point of care.</p> <p><strong>3. Empowered employees:</strong> Health aides are the company’s first line of defense, and the telemonitoring technology helps them do their jobs more efficiently and effectively.</p> <p><strong>4. Client satisfaction:</strong> Organizations’ patient engagement and overall customer satisfaction moves in a more positive trend since they can now offer better care and disease management education.</p> <p><strong>5. Decreased hospitalizations:</strong> Once the implementation of the solution on the device is complete and being used, overtime, insurers start to report an average of seven prevented hospitalizations per month across a population of 200 to 250 patients.</p> <p><strong>Source</strong>: <a href="https://insights.samsung.com/2016/03/22/how-telemonitoring-streamlines-communication-and-keeps-patients-healthy/" target="blank">https://insights.samsung.com/2016/03/22/how-telemonitoring-streamlines-communication-and-keeps-patients-healthy/</a></p> <p>Case Study Source: <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/SamsungBusinessUSA/samsung-and-ecaring-home-care-solution-reduces-hospitalizations-enhances-quality-of-care">http://www.slideshare.net/SamsungBusinessUSA/samsung-and-ecaring-home-care-solution-reduces-hospitalizations-enhances-quality-of-care</a></p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-blog-comments--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--field-blog-comments.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-blog-comments.html.twig x field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> <section> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-blog-tags--blog-post.html.twig * field--node--field-blog-tags.html.twig * field--node--blog-post.html.twig * field--field-blog-tags.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1" hreflang="en">telemonitoring</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Tue, 19 Mar 2019 16:26:44 +0000 hbadmin 13 at https://www.healthbeats.co https://www.healthbeats.co/blog/5-ways-telemonitoring-can-transform-quality-care#comments