The doctor will see you now – by VIDEO LINK

July 4, 2013 Carers, internet, telecare

The doctor will see you now – by VIDEO LINK: London hospital trust uses technology to improve care at night and weekends

Guys and St Thomas’ are trialling technology that could improve standard of care at night and weekends, when wards are staffed by junior doctors
The ‘eICU system’ has been likened to air traffic control as consultants are able to monitor and control treatment from a centralised location
Already widely used in the U.S. and has been reported to have reduced death rates by 27% and length of hospital stays by 23%
Could eventually allow consultants to log on at home and check the condition of patients as they come around after surgery

PUBLISHED: 17:45, 2 July 2013 | UPDATED: 17:45, 2 July 2013

A London hospital trust has announced that its doctors will consult patients via video link to tackle staff and skills shortages in the NHS.

Guys and St Thomas’ are trialling technology that could improve the standard of care during the night and at weekends.

The ‘eICU’ system employs high-definition cameras to allow consultant to diagnose and treat patients from a centralised location remotely.

Experts have likened the new technology to air traffic control, where the movement of planes are monitored and controlled from one location. Here a doctor is pictured treating a patient remotely

The system, known as Philips ‘telemedicine’ technology, is already widely used in the U.S. and is reported to have reduced death rates by 27 per cent and the length of hospital stays by 23 per cent.

Experts have compared the new system to air traffic control, where the movement of planes are monitored and controlled from one location.

‘It’s like an airport having a control tower, supporting what is going on throughout the system , so that the overall quality goes up and senior people are available when needed,’ Dr Richard Beale, director of perioperative, critical care and pain services, told the Evening Standard.

Details of the trial, funded by a £2.85 million grant from Guy’s and St Thomas’ charity, were being made public today in a presentation at the King’s Fund think tank in central London.

Best Tablets For Older People

June 29, 2013 Carers, internet

1 in 4 grandparents now own a laptop or tablet.

Joshua TzeLung

Often the older generation get the nickname of being technophobes. However let’s be fair as the internet service providers around the world really didn’t emerge until the 80s and so the older generation were not brought up surrounded by the technology that we have today. While in the past the older generation have not been some of the best customers for tablets, this has started to change.

Mp supporting carers in Hartlepool where they teach carers about the internet

June 20, 2013 Carers, carersweek, internet

MP WRITES: Caring for the carers

LAST week was Carers Week. Ever since I became an MP, I have wanted to support Carers Week and highlight the magnificent – and very often unsung work that umpteen people do for their friends and family. It is estimated that one in ten people living in this country – that’s a total of six million people – are carers.

The work that they do in helping a loved one, work that might otherwise be the responsibility of social care or the NHS, is estimated to save this country £112 billion each and every year. That is more than the annual spend on the National Health Service.

Hartlepool is a particularly special case. A big part of the Hartlepool character is to care for your loved ones.

It is just seen as being a good daughter or grandson or neighbour.

It is also the Hartlepool way that people who do this, providing a huge range of care from popping in for a cup of tea or getting somebody the paper to, let’s be frank, dealing with very personal hygiene matters, don’t want special treatment or being singled out.

Carers Chill4us

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