According to an eHealth Insider item, Solihull virtual ward tries Air Products, the Virtual Ward team in Solihull had given up on a form of telehealth monitoring – a system that involved discharged hospital patients texting in their results. Takeup had been very low. However, after deciding to give it ‘another go’ using the Air Products fully managed service, they demonstrated three avoided admissions in six weeks. The company is offering no-cost six month trials.
[Disclosure: Air Products is currently advertising on Telecare Aware]