Telehealth

NURSING CARE BETWEEN HOME VISITS...

As a leading provider of home health care services, we see the value of technology to improve patient access to quality care. We demonstrate our leadership with the introduction of the home Telehealth program at VNA of Utica & Oneida County, Inc.

What Telehealth Offers The Patients:

	Feelings of security and independence
	Empowerment and education
	Early detection and intervention

What Telehealth Offers The Physicians:

	Reduces the cycle of emergency room visits & hospital readmissions
	Increased patient compliance
	Early detection and intervention
	Clear, concise and accurate patient data in a timely manner
	Trending vital patient information
	Increased confidence of delivery of care
	Enhanced case management

The VNA continues to visit patients in their homes with the added benefit of enhanced monitoring via home Telehealth between, home visits. This added ability to see patients between visits allows the VNA to reinforce the education process and to maintain closer contact with patients.

We can provide the physician with reports on the patient's condition, including graphics of their vital signs at intervals of the physicians choosing. Receiving these reports can assist the physician in making changes to the patient's treatment plan.

What Is Interactive Home Telehealth?

Interactive home Telehealth allows the VNA the ability to visit and monitor patients in the comfort of their homes. Telehealth offers a system that features live video/audio and medical peripherals such as:

	Stethoscope
	Blood pressure unit
	Digital scale
	Pulse oximeter
	Glucose meter

How Will Patients Pay For Home Telehealth Technology?

Any patient who is referred to our for home care services and meets the service criteria will be home Telehealth candidates at no additional cost to the patient.

How Does Telehealth Work?

A Patient Station is placed in the patient's home while the Central Station is located in the VNA office. The nurse uses the Central Station to collect information from the monitoring station or conduct a video visit by calling the patient. They can see and hear each other while the clinician obtains visual and verbal information, gathers patient vital signs and documents clinical findings with the unit camera.

The system functions over ordinary telephone lines.

Joan Shaw, CHN Nursing Case Manager and Telehealth Nurse Coordinator, with the VNA since 1986. She serves as a case manager, coordinator of the Home Telehealth Program and is available for Telehealth educational programs.		Julia Elacqua, CHN Nursing Case Manager, with the VNA since 1995. She is a case management specialist and also serves as a Telehealth nurse.

For More Information:

VNA of Utica & Oneida County, Inc. is committed to serving patients and to delivering the highest quality of care in the home.

To learn more about the home Telehealth program.
Please call (315) 735-8521