Pilot tests home telehealth diabetes management.TORONTO -- Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, in partnership with Etobicoke and York York, former name of Toronto, Canada York, Ont.: see Toronto, Ont., Canada. York, city, England York, city (1991 pop. 123,126) and district, North Yorkshire, N England, at the confluence of the Ouse and Foss rivers. Community Care Access Centre, is testing a new home telehealth telehealth Health informatics The effects of telecommunication and information technology on the efficiency and quality of health care, services, education, public health surveillance, research, administration. See Telemedicine. diabetes management This article is about the management of diabetes mellitus. For more on the disease itself see diabetes mellitus. Diabetes is a chronic disease with no cure as of 2007. It is associated with an impaired glucose cycle, altering metabolism. pilot project. Using a tiny monitor that connects to clinical equipment such as a blood pressure cuff, patient's readings are transmitted during the tele-visit to the physician, case manager or home health care professional. The patient, case manager, and other members of the care team can discuss results, answer questions and determine next steps in real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. with the physician. The pilot project will test the delivery of multidisciplinary mul·ti·dis·ci·pli·nar·y adj. Of, relating to, or making use of several disciplines at once: a multidisciplinary approach to teaching. diabetes care in patient's homes using eHealth solutions. The project has two phases, the first phase is a five month pilot which will determine the efficacy of eHealth technology versus traditional care delivery. In addition, researchers will study and assess patient and provider reactions to the technology and the change in health care delivery. 416-480-4040 |
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