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Digitally following up patients at home

Patients with chronic disorders can receive health services at home using tablets or mobile sensor technologies for distant monitoring.

Health personnel monitor the measurements via a response centre service. The technology allows the health personnel to guide the patient and take action when needed.

The service for digitally following up patients at home is often given and organized by the municipalities, and the target group is chronically ill patients. In order for the patient to receive digital at-home follow-up, they must have a medium to high risk of deterioration, or that there is a high chance of being admitted to a hospital again. Another inclusion criterion is a general need for health and care services.

Mobile health tools (“m-health”) also include technologies as apps and sensors. However, these technologies can be used by anyone, and are not distributed or organised by the health services. However, many of these technologies are not regulated or organised by the healthcare services. However, patients with chronic diseases can receive health services at home using mobile (e.g., tablet, smartphone) and/or sensor technologies for remote monitoring provided and organised by the municipalities. Patient are eligible to receive digital follow-up at home when they are at high risk of deterioration or of being admitted to hospital again. A general inclusion criterion is an overall personal need for health and care services. Health professionals monitor measurements from a Telehealth centre. The technology allows to guide patients and take action on demand. A patient may also receive specialist health services at home from a general practitioner or the hospital through video consultations and various forms of online treatment.

The patient can also receive specialist health services at home from a general practitioner or the hospital through video consultations and various forms of online treatment.

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Digitally following up patients at home

With video, the emergency centre no longer works blindly

Not everything is easy to communicate over the phone. A video call can provide the emergency center with valuable, visual information about your health.

The webinar was about the use of video consultation at the emergency center and what significance this has for patients and healthcare personnel.

19-09-2023

Balancing professional distance and human closeness

Social media requires a simple and engaging message. But a medical or psychological condition can be anything but simple. How can patients and healthcare professionals navigate these new digital waters?

28-08-2023

The Health Personnel Commission and the future of health services in municipal Norway

This spring, the Health Personnel Commission has thoroughly documented that there are not enough people to provide equally good healthcare services in the future. What does the lack of workers mean for a municipality in the far north of the world?

In the webinar on 16 June, we looked at the future of healthcare services from the municipalities' perspective.

06-06-2023

Equal partners in the health communities

Municipalities and hospitals must move in the same direction for the best interests of the patient. How can the healthcare communities help?

15-05-2023

Dementia and searching for "automagic"

For people with dementia, there is far too little that magically resolves itself. But when technology works as it should, there is an almost magical sense of security for both the user, relatives and healthcare personnel.

Watch the recording about the right technology at the right time for people with dementia.

18-04-2023

Municipalities embrace radical innovation to cope with an ageing population

The sharp increase in the number of elderly people and the shortage of health personnel require new digital solutions for health and care services.

10-04-2023

Find your way through the jungle of health apps

There are apps that help you manage stress and chronic pain, lose weight, exercise and much more. Which apps are research-based and trustworthy?

16-03-2023

How to "take the temperature" of health status and quality of life?

What the patient says about their form from day to day is essential information for digital home follow-up to be successful. In order to provide the best possible service, health personnel in hospitals and in municipalities can rely on research-based forms and questions.

Find out more about Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROM).

10-03-2023

A new way of running an outpatient clinic

In Kristiansand you will find a user-managed outpatient clinic. People with HIV often need extra confidentiality, coping and experience sharing. This has been taken seriously by the hospital.

24-02-2023

Wakeup call! Environmentally friendly e-health

Is meeting your patients online really better for the planet than driving all over town?

How can we identify and measure the environmental impacts of digital healthcare services?

10-02-2023

A municipality's responsibility for digital remote care

The municipalities should facilitate digital home follow-up, but are not responsible for this alone! How can national authorities help everyone on their way? What role should hospitals and GPs play?

27-01-2023
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