WHS FOUNDATION TELEHOMECARE

WHS Foundation Telehomecare services which is a category of  Telehealth. This involves the delivery of healthcare services to patients at home through the use of telecommunications technologies, which enable the interaction of voice, video, and patient health information. The management of care is made possible remotely by WHS Foundation healthcare professional.

Telehomecare is often interchanged with remote patient monitoring; however, Telehomecare is not strictly patient monitoring because it incorporates a range of health care delivery through education, emotional and social support, information dissemination, and self-care help and suggestions. WHS Foundation implementation of Telehomecare facilitate and better manage patients with chronic health conditions such as heart disease, COPD, diabetes etc., and less visits to primary healthcare services. WHS Foundation Telehomecare services increases the accessibility to health care services especially as the need for home care rises with the aging population.

WHS Foundation Telehomecare technology is designed to meet the needs of a range of patients. There can be patients requiring minimal monitoring or very sophisticated monitoring. WHS Foundation Telehomecare technology consist of a small unit to which one or more peripheral devices are connected. It include a blood-pressure monitor, wireless or wired weight scale, wireless glucometer, wireless oximeter, and estethoscope.

WHS Foundation Telehomecare kit collect data on vital signs and health information from patients who entered values into WHS MDConsult software and transmitted to the designated health provider or healthcare professional for accessment and diagnosis remotely from any location with broadband internet access.