Research findings - remote monitoring of heart failure patients using CareMonitor
With a proliferation of digital health tools in recent times, it is increasingly important to use independent evidence based findings to evaluate efficacy. Dr. Liliana Laranjo (Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Westmead Applied Research Centre) shared the results of a research study involving remote monitoring of heart failure patients using CareMonitor at a recent Digital Health CRC event
Western Sydney COVID-19 patients now being remotely monitored at home
Patients in Western Sydney who have contracted the coronavirus but are at low to medium risk of serious illness are being remotely monitored at home by GPs and hospital-based community health teams using CareMonitor's shared care software and biometric measurements such as temperature, oxygen saturation, blood pressure and heart rate.
Australian first, management of COVID-19 patients in the community
In an Australian first, Western Sydney PHN (WentWest) teamed up with the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) to provide a seamless transition of services and management of COVID-19 patients from the Hospital into the community using CareMonitor software platform
Mount Druitt GP clinic is using CareMonitor as a COVID-19 ‘bedless hospital’
Two young women with COVID-19 have become the first patients in Sydney to take part in a “bedless hospital” trial where local GPs will treat them at home. In a move designed to free up hospital beds, patients taking part in the trial will use CareMonitor, a health management app that’s adapted their platform to help support remote healthcare operations.