Telehealth and Telecare Introducing the work of the Yorkshire and Humber Health Innovation and Education Cluster (HIEC)
Dec 20, 2015
Telehealth and Telecare
Introducing the work of the Yorkshire and Humber Health Innovation and
Education Cluster (HIEC)
HIEC Telehealth for long term conditions Project Objectives
1. To develop an introductory Telehealth and Telecare module for staff, service users and carers
2. To produce practical information for managers who want to develop telehealth services
3. To provide expertise to support the rapid implementation of telehealth services
Definitions
Telecare uses a combination of alarms, sensors and other equipment, usually in the home environment, to help people live more independently (Royal College of Nursing, 2009)
Telehealth is the removal of time and distance barriers for the delivery of health care services or related health care activities. (American Nurses Association, 1997)
Sharing expertise
Clinician
• Diagnosis of condition• Cause of disease• Prognosis• Treatment options• Outcome probabilities
Patient
• Experience of illness• Social circumstances• Attitude to risk• Values• Preferences
Why do we need to change the way we deliver services?
• To ensure that the most vulnerable are identified and supported
• Build better partnerships with users and carers
• Provide more integrated care
• Provide more consistent and appropriate expertise
• Provide support to avoid crises
• Reduce visits to hospital & GPs
• Match increasing need and limited resource
Drivers for Telecare and Telehealth
Source: Office for National Statistics; http://www.statistics.gov.uk
The “Living Lab”A mixed economy of managed service offers, system suppliers and change management resource
2000 units
2500 units
250 units
50 units50/500 units
100 units
Telehealth works best with -
• Long Term Conditions
- relatively stable, trends predict deterioration• Patients report feeling supported -
“someone keeping an eye on me”• Essentially single system conditions and
primary care focus• Integrated into district’s health care systems• Clear pathways of care and governance;
Inputs and outputs must both change
An Introduction to Telecare and Telehealth: E Learning
Course
• To access the module, produced for the HIEC by Virtual College, please go to;
www.telesolutions.co.uk
or visit the HIEC website for details of this and other resources;
www.yhhiec.org.uk