Implementing a heart failure remote monitoring service for people with a cardiac device
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"We have received highly positive feedback from patients and no patients have reported feeling inconvenienced by our post-transmission telephone calls. Many patients express reassurances knowing that the team continue to monitor their condition remotely, even after they have been discharged from in-person clinic reviews. We occasionally call patients based upon their transmission data who have not yet contacted the heart failure service, despite experiencing new symptoms, which allows us to promptly manage their condition and aim to help to prevent hospital admissions."
Abigale Irvine, Heart Failure Specialist Nurse, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.
"Clinical assessments for the TriageHF Plus pathway are similar to the telephone-based reviews that we already conduct within the heart failure specialist nurse team. As a result, we didn't need much extra training in this area, it was already within our clinical scope of practice. Having access to the transmission data during assessments enhances patient engagement, and prompts them to think about any signs or symptoms they may have already dismissed so that we are able to appropriately manage these in a timely manner."
Sabah Riaz, Heart Failure Specialist Nurse, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.
Contact details
Toni Weldon
Nurse Consultant in cardiology
Email: [email protected]
ISBN: 978-1-4731-7136-7
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