Telehealth specialist Docobo has unveiled a multi-user version of its HealthHUB portable home monitor, meaning two or more patients can now utilise one device.
The HealthHUB system enables patients to record vital signs, symptoms, lifestyle and quality of life measures around the clock from any location.
This information is then securely transferred to the doc@HOME clinical database, accessed by clinicians using a standard secure web browser providing a presentation of the patient’s health diary and alert indicators.
Docobo told E-Health Insider Primary Care that more than 15 PCTs in England are currently using doc@HOME supporting several hundred patients.
The introduction of a multi-user device is part of Docobo’s long term strategy to develop and produce telehealth technologies that are highly sophisticated yet easy to use.
“It became clear to us that there are clusters of patients, either within the home or where patients are being treated such as in residential homes, who could share a single HealthHUB with multiple log-ins,” said Adrian Flowerday, managing director of Docobo.
He added: “Each patient will still have their own unique pre-recorded settings and each will have their own tests monitored and analysed. The benefit to clinicians is that they needn’t have several devices if one will suffice. These multi-patient systems are ideal for use in residential care homes, homes where more than one person needs to be monitored, or even prison establishments.”
The Doc@HOME has been developed so that it can be configured to meet the health needs of individual patients; empowering them to participate in their care delivery, support their carers and reduce the burden of care provision through particular information required by clinicians to deliver expert care on a patient by patient basis.
Docobo say that as well as being convenient and easy to use, interactive and personalised software built into the mobile solution means that patients can receive immediate feedback from their clinician after data is entered.
It claims that thousands of patients can be catered for without them having to spend their time visiting the GP’s surgery, clinic or hospital and valuable medical practitioners’ time has already been saved by deploying doc@HOME in homes and clinics throughout the UK.
Docobo adds that there have also been reductions in out-of-hours calls and unnecessary hospital admissions.
The new multi-user HealthHUB follows the launch of a mobile phone device for patients in August 2007, and is the latest development in Docobo’s long term strategy to deliver patient care in a variety of formats based on tried and tested technologies.
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