Telehealth

Florida Hospital Memorial Home Health sets the standard for improved care of the homebound patient while helping physicians more effectively utilize their time and resources.  Our telehealth program is an excellent enhancement to the comprehensive clinical services previously being provided.  Disease management programs for Heart Failure and Diabetes are currently available.

Depending on the patient’s needs, the telehealth program is designed to proactively detect subtle changes in the patient’s weight, pulse and blood pressure (for heart failure) and changes in blood glucose levels for diabetes.

Florida Hospital Memorial Home Health uses remove monitoring technology to augment the traditional team approach between the physician, the patient and the nurse to enhance the quality of care.  This approach can dramatically impact the patient’s ongoing wellness.

Positive clinical outcomes include reduced hospitalizations and treatment of exacerbations as well as patient empowerment and greater understanding of the disease process.  Best of all, during the patient’s episode of care, this value-added service is provided at no cost to you.

Patient Benefits:
• Decreased emergency room visits and rehospitalizations
• Feeling of security in continuous monitoring and availability of the nurse
• Improvement in functional capabilities
• High degree of satisfaction in medical care
• Progression toward self-care
• Higher level of awareness and understanding of disease process and treatment

Physician Benefits:
• Improved patient management
• More efficient use of time and resources
• Concise reporting of clinical data
• Trending of physiologic parameters (blood pressure, pulse, weight, blood glucose levels)
• No cost to the physician or the patient

How it works:
• The physician identifies a patient who may benefit from the telehealth program and makes a homecare referral to the agency.
• The telehealth clinician assesses the patient for ability to perform program requirements and obtains orders from the physician who determines the parameters for clinical measurements and medication protocols.
• The telehealth clinician brings the equipment to the patient’s home and instructs on how to use the equipment.
• The patient uses the home monitoring equipment daily to take the determined readings.
• The data is send via the patient’s phone line to a secure Web site and stored in a database.
• A telehealth clinician monitors the data daily.  When a reading falls outside of established parameters, the nurse contacts the patient to determine the reason.  When necessary, the physician is contacted to modify the care plan. 
• Trended reports are available.

To make a referral:
One call to Florida Hospital Memorial Home Health is all that is needed to initiate service.  To make a patient referral, call 866-673-3121.