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Telehealth
Telehealth is a new program offered by Baptist Health
Home Health Network.
The Telehealth program is a daily monitoring program where a health
monitor is installed in the patient's home. Each day, the Telehealth
monitor reminds the patient to take vital measurements, prescribed
by their personal physician. These daily measurements are transmitted
by the patient's phone to the BAPTIST HEALTH Home Health office
where they are reviewed daily by a Telehealth nurse. This system
enables the home health nurses to watch over their patient's medical
condition every day. For even more information, we invite you to
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Any condition where health management is difficult would benefit
from Telehealth. Examples include: Heart Failure, Diabetes, Lung
Problems, High Risk Pregnancies, etc.
Telehealth monitors the following:
Telehealth helps patients to better manage their medical condition
by reminding them to take vital measurements and/ or medications
daily, or as many times as their personal physician orders.
Telehealth nurses monitor patients daily, keeping track of any
changes in their condition in order to respond quickly to those
changes, keeping them out of the hospital or the emergency room.
Telehealth will help each patient to better understand their condition
enabling them to anticipate any changes in their health.
The easy-to-use Telehealth monitor gives easy, step by step
instructions where the patient simply uses the touch screen after
listening to simple prompts. Telehealth nurses review the incoming
data every day, 365 days a year. Patients in the Telehealth program
continue to receive home health visits and services as they normally
would.
The Telehealth device uses your phone line to dial a toll-free
number. The total amount of time the device uses your phone is 1
to 3 minutes every eight hours. The dial-ins will appear on your
phone bill call detail as a call to a toll-free 1-800 number. No
computer experience is necessary to use the Telehealth monitor.
The monitor is very easy to use and the Home Health staff
provides instructions and demonstrations.
As soon as each measurement is taken, it will appear on the screen
and the automated voice will announce it. By signing an authorization
form, you can give your physician, any clinician, or any family
member permission to access your personal health information on
a secure website.