Canady Lisa M
East Alabama Medical Center Home Care, Auburn, AL 36801, USA.
Home Healthc Nurse. 2008 Apr;26(4):231-6. doi: 10.1097/01.NHH.0000316701.15010.e1.
In the current healthcare arena, it is imperative that home healthcare agencies seek to reduce costs and produce positive outcomes from the care they give. Telemonitoring offers the ability to monitor closely the daily status of the patients that home healthcare agencies serve, to provide best practice care, and to produce positive outcomes from that care. This article presents the experience of how 1 hospital-based agency implemented a home telemonitoring program and describes the lessons learned throughout the process. The current healthcare arena demands cost reduction and improved patient care outcomes from home healthcare agencies (HHAs). The direction that each HHA chooses to take to answer these demands will set the stage for their future. This article describes the steps needed to implement a telemonitoring program. The description is based on how 1 HHA chose its course of action and set it in motion and shows what was learned throughout the process.
在当前的医疗保健领域，家庭医疗保健机构必须设法降低成本，并从其提供的护理中产生积极的效果。远程监测能够密切监测家庭医疗保健机构所服务患者的日常状况，提供最佳实践护理，并从该护理中产生积极效果。本文介绍了一家医院附属机构实施家庭远程监测项目的经验，并描述了整个过程中吸取的教训。当前的医疗保健领域要求家庭医疗保健机构（HHAs）降低成本并改善患者护理效果。每个家庭医疗保健机构选择应对这些需求的方向将为其未来奠定基础。本文描述了实施远程监测项目所需的步骤。该描述基于一家家庭医疗保健机构如何选择其行动方针并付诸实施，并展示了整个过程中所学到的内容。
