Question

Mrs. A. is an 84-year-old woman who was recently discharged from the hospital with a diagnosis that includes an exacerbation of congestive heart failure (CHF). She also has diabetes and hypertension. Mrs. A. was discharged from the hospital on multiple medications and lives alone. Home care services were initiated with skilled nursing care visits, some home health aide support, and orders to include daily tele-monitoring of her vital signs. The telehealth device will remotely monitor Mrs. A.’s blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, and weight. In addition, the patient will answer customized questions about her disease on a daily basis. This information will then be transmitted daily to the home care agency, where the Telemetry nurse can determine appropriate clinical actions based on the data trends and preset baseline alerts that indicate when set parameters have been exceeded.

1) Show an example of how Store-and-Forward would work with Mrs. A?

2) Name 3 Real-time telehealth applications and elaborate how each is used.

Answer 1

1, Store and forward in telemedicine is a way of collecting clinical information from the patient and sending it to the provider network through email. example: User-friendly software modules received data from telemedicine devices that are vital signs, blood pressure, 02 saturation, monitor through a variety of communication means Satelite, POTs, GSM still images of a patient and forward to the home care agency. Biosignal monitor monitors the patient vitals, ECG, o2 saturation(CRITIKON DINAMAP PLUS monitor model, PROTOCOL welch ALLYN propaq encore 2XX vitals signs monitors. video/sound files customize patient data from the patient.
2, 3 real-time telehealth application
-Live video conferencing, it is a two-way interaction from patient and provider through audiovisual telecommunication.
-Store and forward transmission of health history to health care providers from the patient.
-Remote patient monitoring collects patient health data and transferred electronically to the nurse or health care providers. It helps to track patient vitals and activities.