Telehealth Monitoring System

Since 2005 Charity Home Health Services, Inc. has utilized telemonitoring in our integrated plans of care specifically for those patients:  

• With repeated hospilizations or ER visits for chronic conditions such as Pneumonia, urinary tract infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and congestive heart failure 
• With any conditions requiring frequent monitoring or tracking of vital signs to assist in clinical management 
• Chronic care needs which can be monitored at home 
• Medication changes requiring frequent monitoring    

Our telehealth system provides daily monitoring of our patients and serves as an enhancement to scheduled caregiver visits. It allows for pre-emptive care, which in the long run is a more effective and cost efficient way to manage chronically ill patients. Recent studies have shown that the 60-day re-hospilizations rates for theses patients' is between 40-50%. A 2008 heart alert study found that patients participating in a telemonitoring program experienced an amazing 86.2% reduction in 12 month rate of re-hospilization.

The benefits for our patients include:

• Earlier recognition and intervention 
• Improved quality of life 
• Reduces the cycle of emergency room visits & hospital readmissions 
• Patient and caregiver support 
• Reduced anxiety 
• Increased compliance in medication and treatments 
• Improved empowerment and self-management skills 
• Increased Independence 

For physicians, telemonitoring can provide:

• Detection and management of early warning signs 
• Trending of key physiological parameters (blood pressure, weight, oxygen saturation, and heart rate) along with periodic reports of clinical data 
• Adherence to best practice guidelines 
• Secure, web-based access to their patients' medical record 
• More effective use of resources  

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