Following Monday’s announcement of the funding for the Long Term Conditions Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) Programme (below), Home Telehealth Limited (HTL) is first of the participating organisations to reveal officially its involvement, as technology partner for Cornwall.
In a major coup for HTL, it will be supplying its ‘RemoteNurse’ system to monitor Cornish patients with COPD and other conditions. Telecare Aware readers will also recall that HTL recently started operating in Belfast.
Andrew Forrest, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT’s Programme Director for the trial said “We are using RemoteNurse telehealth technology to evaluate whether we can help educate people about their condition, identify any deterioration early on and reduce the number of acute problems and unplanned admissions to hospital in Cornwall each year. If we can do that it will be of significant benefit to patients who can take control of their own care and lead the normal life they want to at home. It could free up clinical resources to meet the increasing demands of an ageing population.”
More detail in the HTL press release.