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Home Telemonitoring

Franklin County Home Health Agency uses home telemonitoring technology in patients' homes to help manage the care of patients with unstable conditions, or with conditions in which early detection and prompt treatment can halt further decline. 

Home telemonitoring enables patient's to take their own vital signs and communicate the information to a nurse seven days a week through a device that connects to a phone line in the patient's home.  It is light-weight and compact.  The monitor uses a friendly voice to alert patients when it is time to check their vital signs and to guide patients through a simple procedure to collect their blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation and weight.

Once the information is collected, it is sent through the phone line to a central computer at the Home Health office.  The information that is gathered can be customized to meet the needs of each patient.  The system can also ask patients to respond "yes" or "no" to questions related to their specific diagnosis and condition.  The information is automatically sent to a central computer at the Home Health office. 

A nurse reviews the information and assesses the need for a follow-up phone call or visit.  The system will alert the nurse to any measurements that fall outside the normal parameters set for each patient.   The nurse may contact the patient to determine what steps should be taken next: a nurse home visit, a call to the physical or a simple recheck of vital signs later in the day.      

The nurse is able to review the vital signs and assess a patient's condition, even on days when a home visit might not be scheduled.  The ability to spot subtle changes in a patient's condition can prevent a minor problem from developing into something more.

An important goal of this system is to decrease emergency intervention and return hospitalizations for many patients with chronic illnesses or those recovering from a major illness.

Who benefits from home telemonitoring?

Patients with chronic or acute disease including:

•  Congestive Heart Failure

•  Pulmonary Hypertension

•  Intractable Hypertension

•  Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction

•  Recent Myocardial Infarction

•  Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

•  Asthma

•  Diabetes

•  Pregnancy Induced Hypertension

•  Gestational Diabetes

•  Cystic Fibrosis

•  Wound Care

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