InHealthcare partners with NHS Scotland to expand remote monitoring

InHealthcare has developed and expanded remote monitoring pathways across the country with NHS Scotland so patients can safely self-manage their health needs at home.

Several avenues are being developed, including blood pressure monitoring and chronic pain management. They are part of NHS Scotland’s remote monitoring programme, Connect Me. Last year it was announced that InHealthcare had successfully bid for an NHS contract to support the scaling and mainstreaming of remote monitoring services across Scotland using its digital health platform.

By using a remote monitoring program, patients can reduce the amount of time they spend traveling to appointments. It also gives them extra confidence in managing their own health and care.

The NHS is expected to have one of Scotland’s largest remote routes to a blood pressure monitoring service. Till date it has supported more than 5,700 patients. To date, nearly 12,000 people have been supported by earlier versions of Pathways, including those supporting conditions including asthma, depression, high blood pressure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and irritable bowel syndrome.

For physicians, the program provides better availability of data to help support earlier intervention and help ensure patients are adhering to treatment plans. In turn, this helps reduce hospital admissions and improves overall patient outcomes.

The Connect Me program provides patients with the opportunity to interact and communicate with healthcare professionals remotely. It also gives patients more choice and flexibility about how and where they manage their health.

This service is provided via mobile app, website, text message or automated phone call. It can monitor the effects of starting or stopping treatment, issue reminders, provide encouragement, identify flare-ups to allow quicker treatment and advice and support during treatment plans can provide.

Brian Sage, Chief Executive of InHealthcare, said: “We are proud to be working with the team at NHS Scotland to help Scotland become an international leader in technology-enabled care, helping more people live longer at home or in the community. Providing support for healthy living. Adjustment.

“More than one million GP appointments per year in Scotland are for measuring blood pressure alone. By introducing remote monitoring pathways for conditions such as hypertension, we are helping to create significant additional capacity within the healthcare system.”