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Philips Healthcare and the Catalonian Health Service (ICS) conduct a study, CARME (Catalan Remote Management Evaluation) preliminar results, that show significant benefits in the management of certain chronic diseases, thanks to telemedicine, an innovative technique that allows the continuous monitoring and a higher patient’s implication in the disease treatment. These results are presented during the II, Spanish Congress of Chronically Ill Patients Care which is being held in Santiago de Compostela on February 25 and 26.
The study evaluated the Philips’ Motiva telemedicine system in patients with severe heart failure, who were monitored at home from the hospital. Furthermore, this tracking was supported with educational interventions via video and alerts that they received at their home’s televisions. This pilot project, which opens the door to the use of this technology in patients with chronic diseases), has demonstrated an improvement in the reduction of hospitalizations as well as in the quality of life of the patients and their families.
According to Dr Mar Domingo, collaborator of the Heart Failure Unit of the German Trias i Pujol Hospital of Badalona – center managed by the Catalonian Health Service (ICS) – and one of the main researchers of the study, “the study’s preliminary results shows up the advantages of this telemedicine systems and the benefits that they provide to the patient as well as to the clinical staff, as a tighter control of the disease from both sides, which enables acting faster in case that any anomaly would happen. Furthermore, patients themselves have perceived an improvement on their quality of life and have shown a very high satisfaction and confidence on the system and the information it provided to them.” Having the results of this study, the ICS is considering to develop a similar model based on primary care settings and primary-specialized continuity care with the aim of analyzing its efficiency compared to other alternatives.
Yes this is right that telemedicine reduce chronicle disease & save peoples life as much as possible.