Case Study
COPD: Remote
Telemonitoring Northern
Ireland (RTNI) - UK
Patients with COPD are referred by their respiratory specialist nurses, community nurses and respiratory physiotherapists from pulmonary rehabilitation facilities.
Patients are set-up on the telemonitoring service, and are promoted to self manage and monitor their condition. The user friendly patient portal, or ‘hub’ in the home, is connected to a 24-hour monitoring centre where all measurements are reviewed by a team of experienced nurses against the parameters set for that patient.
Patients can monitor their pulse oximetry, blood pressure, pulse and temperature with a range of connected devices, along with recording patient reported outcomes.
The user-friendly patient portal, or ‘hub’ in the home, is connected to a 24-hour monitoring centre where all measurements are reviewed by a team of experienced nurses against the parameters set for that patient.
The TF3 nurses triage patients, and those who have breached their care plan are supported using coaching calls. Patients whose measurements are outside of parameters set by their healthcare professional are reviewed, with escalation back to the care provider when the patient is in need of further clinical interventions.
The results have been significant. A chronic disease management study of 5,000 UK patients using the RTNI service over 1.7 million monitored days has shown 98% adherence to care plan.
Even with an average age of 73 years old, and complex conditions with co morbidities, user satisfaction feedback from patients using the telemonitoring service has been very positive. 95% of patients agree the service has assisted them with better self management, and 98% reporting that they found the triage nurse helpful.
