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Using Technology To Support Better Health Outcomes

Using Technology To Support Better Health Outcomes. Dr Amit Arora MD, FRCP, MSc Consultant Physician and Geriatrician University Hospital of North Staffordshire Stoke on Trent Chairman, England Council, British Geriatrics Society 18 th June 2014. National Issues

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Using Technology To Support Better Health Outcomes

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  1. Using Technology To Support Better Health Outcomes Dr Amit Arora MD, FRCP, MSc Consultant Physician and Geriatrician University Hospital of North Staffordshire Stoke on Trent Chairman, England Council, British Geriatrics Society 18th June 2014

  2. National Issues • ‘Care in Crisis’ report, Age UK 2014: • People aged over 85 years has increased by 30% • Day centre attendances has reduced by 49% • People needing care homes has increased by 20% • 15.4m people in the UK have one or more long term condition • We have an Ageing population, limited resources • Dementia • 800k people are living with dementia • Number will double in 30 years

  3. NHS England TECHNOLOGY ENABLED CARE SERVICES (TECS) 3 Million Lives 2014-17 National Delivery Plan •To support Integrated Care •Management of long term conditions and the enablement of seven day services •Work with NHS, Social Care, Housing and other key stakeholders to simplify procurement and commissioning processes

  4. Admissions and Bed requirements

  5. AT: clinical solutions • Face time /Skype • Tele-health monitors • Mobile phones apps • Sleep watch • Nan-cams • Virtual clinics • Incontinence detectors • Bed occupancy alarms • Life Line • Falls alarms • Smoke alarms • Carbon monoxide alarms

  6. Timer pill dispenser

  7. Increasing Staff Capacity through Remote Monitoring and reducing falls in care homes Care Assist Portable alarm Receives alerts & displays the type of sensor activated and its location or the name of the person assigned to.

  8. Promoting Independence: reducing falls in care homes Door Sensors Trigger an alert to the carer via wireless pager when movement detected. Placed on doors to alert carer when people entering or leaving rooms.

  9. To Promote Continence / Promote Dignity The system alerts the carer to a build up of moisture via a detector unit. The cotton sheets can be washed.

  10. To Monitor and Manage Epilepsy / Promote Dignity The system alerts carers to Epileptic seizure activity through registering a combination of BPM, movement, sound and / or moisture.

  11. Packages personalised around needs •Dementia package •Falls package •Learning difficulties package •Safe and secure at home package •Winter chills package •Personalised to meet individual need

  12. AT: benefits to patients • Reassurance and safety • Confidence and self management • Early safer discharges from hospitals • Timely medication • Improve dignity • Improve independence • Sense of well being • Tele-consultations • Monitor drug effects • Help in recreational, household activities or personal care • No travelling or parking chaos • Reducing isolation and loneliness • Most find it enabling; Some may find it a hindrance

  13. AT: benefits to NHS • Early discharges, Lesser follow ups • Shorter waiting times for other patients • Reassurance to health care staff, patients and families • Reduce readmissions and repeated visits to hospitals • Reduce risk of hospital acquired infections • Working smarter- help with 7 day working in NHS • Reminds, prompts, pill dispensers- so better health

  14. AT- benefits to carers:reduces harm, supports carers • Reassurance • Safety • Monitoring • Reduce travel • Comforting • Wanderers • Falls sensors • Bed wetting • LTC monitoring • Medical back up • Patients want to be at homes, not hospitals

  15. Our experience • Life lines, Continence sensors • Text, emails, Face time • Virtual clinics and Nursing Home LES • Nursing home falls prevention project

  16. Reducing the Incidence of Falls in Nursing Homes • >100 people supported with AT / 14 Nursing Homes. • Feedback from early adopters : • > 90% staff satisfaction • 30-40% reduction in falls in 1 early adopter home • Relatives feel people cared for in a safer environment • Night staff happy that it removed need for hourly checks

  17. Legal clarity and Bottlenecks Lack of legal clarity • Licensing, Accreditation • Registration of telemedicine services and professionals • Data protection, Liability, Reimbursement • Jurisdiction – e.g. cross border provision of telemedicine services also require legal clarification with regard to privacy • Broadband access, standardization • Information Governance issues

  18. Using Technology To Support Better Health Outcomes • Not a one size fits all • Technology on wards and homes, why not in housing • Start of an exciting time, sp. as they get widely available and cheaper • Think beyond just a housing association, be a part of the LHE. • Together with local GPs, hospital, Care homes, Social care, housing agencies- all integrated and working together; we can transform our health systems and gain better health outcomes. • ‘The opportunity is Huge and the Time is Now’

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