Telehealth is the delivery of health-related services and information via telecommunications technologies. One aspect of telehealth is remote monitoring. Many home health agencies are using "technology" to help serve their clients. The nurse may set up monitoring equipment in the home of the client in which the client can take their blood pressure, pulse, weight, etc. in the home independently or with the assist of someone and then the results are immediately transmitted to the computer at the home health agency. The agency can put in indicators that may flag for need for an intervention; example: blood pressure range or weight gain/loss. The staff can use this information for medication monitoring or help to increase a clients abilities to self-manage their healthcare. They have found that this has helped to reduce hospitalizations. This technology is very beneficial to home health agencies in rural areas where distance between clients can be a lot. Some monitoring equipment can have video cameras on them so the nurse can also get a visual on the client without actually going to the home.
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I used a research paper I did on telehealth for my technical reporting class and submitted for a grant opportunity for my homecare agency. We recieved a $30,000 grant to be dispersed over the next 5 years to implement this program with our facilty. Isn't that great!
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