Health and social care
- >40 Clients/patients
- >30 Carers
- 3 Community Care organisations (2 nursing homes, 1 hospice)
- Primary Care: One GP lead Clinical partner, other collaborators including 7 GPs across 4 practices.
- Hospital consultants: 3 current, 2 former
- Senior Hospital Physiotherapist (lead on discharge team)
Academic research
- Lincoln University School of Health and Social Care, School of Nursing
- Bishop Grossteste University, School of Social Science, Health and Social Care
- University of Nottingham School of Health Sciences
Business and technical
- Business Advisors: University of Lincoln, Research and Enterprise; Bishop Grosseteste University, BG futures; Several Mentors
- Technical Advisors: AJP Electronics; Lincoln University School of Engineering and School of Computer Science
- Commissioning of regional technical services and support
Health and social care
- Simple to use and easy to wear
- Automatic, doesn’t require client activation
- Functions include fall detection, wander alert and abnormal movement detection (fitting, paralysis)
- Activity detection provides reassurance to carers that the device is being worn
Business and technical
- Wireless connectivity with other digital monitoring devices
- Intelligent monitoring and management alert system that reduces false alarms and unnecessary callouts
- Provides access to health care transition or handover information.
Academic research
- Virtual presence via two way audio communication on wristband
- No telephone landline required
- No speaker phone needed
- 3G SIM card communication platform
Health and social care
- Simple to use, easy to wear, detects when worn, simple
to operate by carer.
- Reduction in false alarms and unnecessary
ambulance callouts.
- Virtual presence, immediate contact with carers, reassurance and early warning.
Health and social care
- Reduction in ambulance callouts and emergency admissions
- Patients to stay at home
- Earlier admission reduces overnight hospital stays and bed occupancy
- Increased management of risks for discharged patients resulting in earlier discharge
Academic research
- Encrypted data storage and communication, facilitates information flow in transitions and handover of care.
- No telephone line necessary, uses existing and proven technology, can connect with any other digital signal devices
Business and technical
- Affordable, single purchase, no contract payment for telecare support
- Costs less than one overnight stay in hospital
- Costs less than one ambulance call out
- Costs less than one A&E admission
Academic research
- Capacity for real time diagnostics to monitor condition and detect deterioration
- Reduced time lapse between fall and treatment increasing recovery and survival rates
- Expedites the provision of an interim care package
Business and technical
- More efficient deployment of health and social care professionals, and facilitates increased support of friends and relatives as carers
- Improves communication flow in transitions and handover of care
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