The Telemanagement Program called “Well @ Home” is available for patients receiving services from Valley Home Care. A private pay option is also available for patients no longer on service or for patients who have never received Valley Home Care services.
This is a new kind of telemonitor that empowers patients to become more involved in their own care. It is a lightweight portable monitor equipped with built in devices that records blood pressure, heartbeat, blood oxygen levels and weight. With a color touch screen, easy to read graphics and clear voice instructions, this monitor is patient friendly.
In addition, the Well @ Home monitor can be customized to ask and report patients’ specific questions about their condition and current symptoms. Reminders for patients to take medications on schedule may be added to the daily tasks on the Well @ Home screen. Patient specific education is also programmed to each individual monitor.
The Well @ Home monitor is connected to the patients phone line and automatically transmits all information entered by the patient daily via an “800” telephone number. The information is sent to a secure web-site that is reviewed daily by the telemonitor nurse. Communication is maintained with the physicians to keep them apprised of changes in their patients condition. Doctors can also view their patients records by logging onto the secure Well @ Home web-site.
By linking the patient, nurse and doctor on a daily basis, early intervention for an adverse event may decrease rehospitalizations and keep patients where they want to be “at home ”.
Patients who have used the Well @ Home monitor expressed it this way, “I feel safer with the monitor”, “It gives me peace of mind”, “I loved it!”
For further information regarding the Well @ Home please call Valley Home Care at (201) 291-6378
This agency is proud of its participation in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) national Eighth Scope of Work (8SOW) Home Health Quality Initiative. CMS is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Through this initiative, Valley Home Care’s focus is to provide continually improving quality of care to its clients.
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