Case Studies
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 tumor in their bladder. Surgery was scheduled for 29th August 2017 to remove the tumor, 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 ambulance call out 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 behavioral changes with Florence
Weight Management Laura Bell , Dietetic Assistant Practitioner Laura has led on the pilot of Florence in the weight loss maintenance stage of the Lothian program and uses Flo to improve patient commitment and adherence to weight management programs. “I was about to get something from the fridge and a text
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
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
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
Smoking: Improved Quit Rates with Flo – 6 Month Evaluation of Smoking Cessation Pathway
As reported by the Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland (NI) “Smoking has been identified as the single greatest cause of preventable illness and premature death in Northern Ireland.” Data from 2014 showed that approximately 16% or 1 in 6 of all deaths in NI were attributable to smoking, including cancers,
Mental Health: Beating the Blues (BtB) with Florence
Our Mental Health Member’s Network has recently been launched to support learning and sharing amongst community of practice members, with the first network call taking place on 17th August. Kylie Dentith, Senior Support Officer for Technology Enabled Care SSHC, began the call by giving an overview of the aims of
