Patients with chronic conditions getting the treatment they need — without making multiple trips to the hospital. That’s the reality of our monitoring system.
José Paulo Carvalho, Founding Partner of Hope Care
The S@úde+Perto project aims at the telemonitoring of 500 elderly chronic patients in the central region, through telehealth devices that use the NOS 5G network. This project – promoted by the Nossa Senhora da Guia Foundation – Avelar Hospital in partnership with NOS and Hope Care.
From health apps to virtual doctor consultations to e-prescription – digitalisation is already being used in many areas of health care in Austria. The umbrella term telemedicine has increasingly…
On the day that marks World Day for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), we inform you about the remote telemonitoring project of the Pulmonology Department of the Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca (HFF).
The Coimbra Hospital and University Center (CHUC) announces that the assessment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) telemonitored showed a reduction of 50% of hospital admissions and 30% of emergency room visits, compared to patients who were not telemonitored.
The Cardiology Department of the Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca Hospital (HFF) started the Cardiac Home Telemonitoring Program for patients with heart failure. The goal is to reduce the number of hospitalizations and emergency room visits for reasons related to this pathology.
After two and a half years, and past the pilot phase, the project has allowed for a reduction in readmissions, emergency room visits, and costs, besides inevitably contributing to a better quality of life for the patients.
The programme, which accompanies 50 patients simultaneously, is the result of a partnership between CHUCB and primary health care, which allows the permanent and systematic monitoring of these patients, using telemonitoring devices, teleconsultations with specialty doctors and even home support.
The Cardiology Service of the Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca Hospital (HFF) has recently started its Cardiac Home Telemonitoring Program for patients with heart failure. The goal is to reduce the number of hospitalizations and emergency room visits for reasons related to this pathology.