Case Studies
Diabetes: Previously disengaged patient successfully reduces HbA1c from 13.5% to 6.9% with Flo – great results
The patient was a 68 year old man with type 2 diabetes. He was disengaged with his health; he didn’t really want to attend appointments, or discuss his condition in general. The patient was also not taking his medicine, so initially he was set up on Florence to receive medication
Heart Failure: Bossy Flossie! Florence becomes a friend to a heart failure patient
Earlier this year, after a period of deteriorating health, much to her surprise, Agnes was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and advanced heart failure. After a period of treatment on the mainland she returned home and is now under the supervision of the Heart Failure team in Stornoway. This is her story………..
Hypertension: PLOS Medicine Journal: Integrating Florence into Clinical Workflow at Scale – Uncontrolled Hypertension
Telemonitoring at scale for hypertension in primary care: An implementation study Uncontrolled hypertension is the largest manageable cause of stroke and myocardial infarction. Despite the effectiveness of anti-hypertensive medication, many patients still have uncontrolled blood pressure (BP). Having previously demonstrated that Florence encourages medication use and is effective at lowering BP in this
Home and Mobile Health Monitoring Evaluation – Economic case studies
We are delighted to announce another exciting publication, “HMHM Economic Case Studies 2019” by Digital Health & Care Scotland, who have previously published their National 3-year evaluation “Towards Scaling Up Home and Mobile Health Monitoring 2015-2018”. This report provides us with a detailed analysis of the considerable cost savings across
Blood Glucose control allowed surgery to go ahead as planned
The patient was a 53 year old with type 2 diabetes, who was found to have a tumour in their bladder. Surgery was scheduled for 29th August 2017 to remove the tumour, and the patient began to take insulin. As the patient was going in for surgery, it was key
795 Clinical hours released by monitoring enteral feeding and blood pressure with Flo
Shropshire Community Healthcare NHS Trust Kate Perkins Shropshire Children’s Community Nursing Team See how clinical hours were released using Florence Children’s Enteral Feeding and Blood Pressure Monitoring – Children’s Community Nursing Team “Flo has enabled some of our patients to become more autonomous in their own care, with some teenagers even taking the
COPD patient avoids calling 999 and acute admissions through self-management with Flo
Blythe Bridge Surgery – Tean and Blythe Bridge Primary Care Ann Hughes – Practice Nurse Flo Helps COPD Patient with a High Frequency of Acute Admissions to Self-Manage and Stay Well Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) describes a number of conditions including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. It is a condition
Weight management: Patients successfully show demonstrable behavioural changes with Florence
Laura Bell , Dietetic Assistant Practitioner Laura has led on the pilot of Florence in the weight loss maintenance stage of the Lothian programme and uses Flo to improve patient commitment and adherence to weight management programmes. “I was about to get something from the fridge and a text message came
Collection of 10 Nellie patient stories
The Florence Community of Practice is a unique environment harnessing clinical innovation to rapidly expedite the adoption of safe, innovative digital healthcare. Over the past 10 years through the passion and commitment of Community of Practice members, a robust foundation of independent evidence has organically grown. This wide ranging evidence
Readmissions Avoidance: BMJ Awards Finalists
We are very excited to announce that Florence is amongst the finalists for this year’s BMJ Digital Innovation Team of the Year, supporting the University hospital of North Midlands with their ‘Smart with your Heart’ project, with the aim of reducing the readmission of patients with chronic long-term heart failure through
Hypertension and Florence in General Practice; exploring evidence successfully supporting sustainable £1.2 million scale-up of services
Hypertension and Florence Since the early days of our Community of Practice, hypertension has proved to be the most successfully evaluated pathway with Florence. Following our recent news of Scotland’s £1.2 million Scale-up BP Initiative which will see Flo rolled out nationally over the coming 2 years, we’ve compiled below some key
(SCO NHS NHI) Intermittent Claudication (IC) Patients feel less isolated and more motivated to improve IC with Flo’s help
Intermittent Claudication (IC) is a symptom of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) where pain is experienced in the main muscle groups of the leg when exercising and walking. Patients with Intermittent Claudication (IC) need to push further into their leg pain when exercising and walking to gain any benefit from
