Case Studies
Mental health; Florence reinforces coping techniques – ‘I enjoy receiving my text messages’
Mental Health: Gateshead Talking Therapies offers a confidential service to people wishing to overcome problems triggered by feeling low, depressed, stressed or anxious focusing on helping people experiencing mild, moderately severe and first onset severe problems. The team specializes in working with people aged 16 or over who have
Home Blood Pressure Monitoring: Liverpool Health Trainers – 3 Case Studies
Home Blood Pressure Monitoring: Liverpool Health Trainers is managed by Person Shaped Support, they help to empower and enable referred patients to manage their health better through education and support. They have been using Florence to help monitor blood pressure and have shared some of their case studies. CASE STUDY
Podiatry team prevent deterioration and exacerbations with Flo
Podiatry: Flo helps diabetic patients care for their feet Flo has been supporting patients with diabetes to care for their feet in-between routine clinic visits in Oldham, using her friendly persona to motivate patients to undertake daily foot checks and subsequently providing patients with the capability to identify if, and
Significant reduction in clinical contacts as patient’s Mental Health is successfully stabilized with Flo
Patient’s mental health is transformed after Flo’s help to improve medication adherence Helen Thompson, Safe Care Lead and Jan Gorman, Health Care Support Worker from the Learning Disabilities Service at South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust discusses how intervening with Flo has regained the independence of one of their patients with
Intermittent Claudication with Flo motivates patients and immediately increases clinic capacity
Patients feel less isolated and more motivated to improve Intermittent Claudication 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 IC need to push further into
Early pulmonary rehabilitation – Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust increase adherence and safety for patients
Cath O’Connor Clinical Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist Jayne Stocks Clinical Lead Assistive Technology Katie Biggs Lead Trial Manager CTRU ‘Making Change Happen’ National Showcase; Early pulmonary rehabilitation following AECOPD This poster was presented as a Community Care workshop at the UK ‘Making Change Happen’ 2017 Conference in Stoke-on-Trent. For more Florence cases studies, visit our florence.community
Urinary Continence; dramatically better outcomes with Florence within 2 months
Iain Trayner, TEC Project Manager Urinary Continence: Using Florence to improve the lives of local people The NHS Western Isles Continence service provides advice and support to people living with the condition in these islands. Urinary Continence can be a very difficult condition to live with and many people can feel trapped,
Heart Failure; Bossy Flossie helps patient Agnes to better health (Heart Failure Daily Weight Monitoring)
NHS Western Isles Bossy Flossie! 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
72% of orthopedic patients discharged without needing to attend clinic
Supporting Remote Follow up Post Hip and Knee Surgery to Improve Patient Flow Florence has been introduced to Sherwood Forest Hospital Foundation Trust to support patient flow across the hospital and offer a safe and convenient alternative to attending the outpatient clinic for follow up 12 months post hip or knee replacement. Results
Enabling supported self-management of wound care in Primary Care Setting: 100% positive patient experience
Primary Health Care: Enabling Supported Self-Management of Wound Care in the Community Setting to Increase Quality and Efficiency of Service Delivery Supporting citizens to be more active partners in their care is part of a national, regional and local strategy for quality and sustainability of the NHS, acknowledging the impact patients
Diabetes – Florence Delivered Significant 4 month improvements in HbA1c
Derbyshire Community Health Services – NHS Foundation Trust Flo Helps Me Take Control of My Diabetes After being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of ten Naomi has struggled to keep her condition under control throughout her teenage years. It can be very challenging to manage a condition at this age
72% of patients who exceeded surgery pre-assessment BP limits discovered to be totally normotensive.
Streamlining Surgery Pre-assessment with the Implementation of Florence High blood pressure is a relatively common reason for a surgical intervention having to be postponed. Patients who may be affected by ‘white coat hypertension’ during their pre-procedure assessment use Florence to remotely monitor their own blood pressure for seven days which enables
