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NHS Wakefield District: Promising prognosis for BT telehealth trial
Challenge
NHS Wakefield District looked to a pioneering telehealth trial with BT focusing on patients with chronic heart failure
Solution
BT delivered the Intel Health Guide® as a managed service, allowing patients to self-monitor their vital signs for remote analysis
Value
Patients say they feel more in control of their condition and in some cases it has transformed their lives
Chronic illnesses pose an ever-growing problem for healthcare providers. People are living longer and an increasing number of patients are having to cope with long-term, often permanent conditions. These frequently require expensive hospitalisation which in some cases are unforeseen and unnecessary and, more importantly, could be avoided with improved monitoring. With healthcare providers around the world facing financially challenging times and with the urgent need to curb spiralling healthcare costs, telehealth, or the remote management of patients, is being viewed by many as the ideal solution to a pressing problem.
NHS Wakefield District looked to a pioneering telehealth trial with BT to address challenges it faced. With the area it serves having a higher recorded incidence of patients with heart disease than the national average it was decided that the focus of the trial would be patients with chronic heart failure. The Primary Care Trust (PCT) wanted to see how they could better manage patients’ conditions, improve their quality of life while at the same time finding a cost-effective solution to an expensive issue – the long term care of patients with chronic illnesses.
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