Focus on COPD: Improving quality of life in the Highlands
COPD – Supporting patients to take personal responsibility You may have previously read the inspirational report published by NHS Highland providing a comprehensive analysis of Flo’s impact across a number of services throughout the Highlands region, including hypertension, asthma, low FODMAP diet and weight loss. Feedback around NHS Highland’s COPD pathway has been fantastic. Patients interacted with […]
Blood Glucose (BG) remote monitoring results in no further hospital admissions or ambulance call outs
Patient 1 was a 77 year old with type 2 diabetes. The patient lived in a residential care home, and their diabetes was difficult to control, with blood glucose (BG) readings anywhere between 2mmol and 30mmol being recorded. This poor control led to the patient being hospitalized for a total of four weeks from […]
Better prescribing, improved safety, less visits and reduced risk of complications for incompliant patients in General Practice – 3 case studies
Better prescribing: Figures have suggested that more than twelve million GP appointments are missed each year in the UK, costing in excess of £162 million per year. Ultimately it is not about the financial cost, but the opportunity cost to the NHS – GPs are not able to offer these appointments to others and as […]
Patient’s mental health is transformed after Flo’s help to improve medication adherence
Mental Health: 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 mild learning difficulties, resulting in their mental health stabilizing and removing the need for continuing home […]
Diabetes Care Management Transformed by District Nursing Team in Great Wyrley
After introducing Flo to support their diabetic caseload, the team have renewed a patient’s confidence in managing her diabetes giving the patient freedom to get on with her life. Since September 2014, the patient had been receiving twice-daily visits and phone calls from the district nurse and diabetic team until the district nurse team recognised […]
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 reminders to try and improve […]
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……….. I have a new friend […]
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 cohort, NHS Lothian’s award winning Scale-Up BP […]
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 three varying locations in Scotland; […]
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 that their blood glucose was […]
