Remote monitoring of chronic patients within primary care
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| Coordinator | Capio Närsjukvård AB |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 2 500 000 |
| Project duration | May 2019 - May 2021 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | Swelife and Medtech4Health - Collaborative Projects for Improved Health |
| Call | Swelife and Medtech4Health - Collaborative Projects for Improved Health (Spring 2019) |
Purpose and goal
The purpose is to evaluate the effects of remote monitoring of patients with chronic illness in primary care. The goal has been to establish a care team consisting of doctors and nurses who use a remote monitoring platform to create better accessibility, quality of life, medical quality and more equal care for patients with chronic diseases. The purpose and goal have been achieved through the establishment of a centralized digital care unit ("Capio Hemma")" which has enabled patients to transfer their vitals remotely and to communicate with a health care team.
Expected results and effects
790 patients from 20 health care centers within Capio Närsjukvård were connected to Capio Hemma. The mean age of the patients was 65 years. Of all connected patients, 74% had high blood pressure, 3% congestive heart failure, 2% diabetes type II, 1% COPD and 20% had more than 1 diagnosis. 135,598 measurements (blood pressure, pulse, weight, blood sugar, CAT-score) were transferred by patients to Capio Hemma´s care team via the remote monitoring platform. The care team has responded to 42,183 alarms generated by the transferred measurements.
Planned approach and implementation
A significant proportion of resources have been dedicated during the project period to ensure correct handling of patient data, build algorithms in the platform for connecting and monitoring patients and for further development of the service. Design of routines within Capio Hemma for handling connected patients has contributed to new digital working methods within Capio Närsjukvård. Revenue model for remote monitoring in primary care could not be defined during the project period. An inhibiting factor for future development of this service is the lack of remuneration models.