Abstract
BackgroundThis paper summarises a series of presentations on telemedicine given at a UK eHealth Week conference session in 2016. The formal evidence base for telemedicine is equivocal, but practical experience...
Highlights
As part of a recent UK eHealth Week conference, BCS Health & Care hosted a session on telemedicine
This 90-minutes series of presentations was intended to give delegate answers to the questions ‘Is an investment in telemedicine worth it’? and ‘How do I make a telemedicine implementation work’? To answer these questions, the session was constructed to include a summary of the current evidence, a demonstration of recent case studies with real examples of learning, the policy position and the role industry can play in ensuring success
As a result of the above, perhaps it is time to look at other ways of measuring the benefits of telemedicine using engineering principles – as Jeremy Wyatt has commented ‘no one does an randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of bridges’, yet most of them deliver as planned a calculated level of benefit
Summary
As part of a recent UK eHealth Week conference, BCS Health & Care hosted a session on telemedicine. Operational and clinical pathways have been implemented, working closely with community and primary care teams, to enable early intervention and timely identification and support for patients, those residing in care homes leading to a reduction in inappropriate attendance at the emergency department (ED) or acute admission to hospital.[7] The use of remote video consultation has demonstrated a reduction in GP visits ( out of hours), and the need for numerous community team and District Nurse visits (Vanguard evaluation report in preparation). That includes work towards better cost, quality and activity data as well as new payment approaches focused on value to support new models of care.[10] Paying provider groups that use capitation linked to outcomes (rather than activity) supports improvement in a number of areas:. Risk transfer that rewards providers for doing the right thing, without a detailed specification of how to deliver care
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