Archive for July, 2009
Telecare benefits rural residents
It is not often that a new public service looks destined to help rather than hinder people living in rural areas. But the introduction of telecare spells good news for rural residents – offering benefits to patients as well as their carers, and healthcare professionals as well as their budgets.
Telecare
What do we mean by telecare, telehealth and telemedicine?
Telecare describes services that use computer and other technology to deliver health and social care directly to a patient – ie they involve moving the information as opposed to the patient/clinician.
SOURCE: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4115303
It may be as simple as an alarm system with back up telephone support. Or detectors that monitor for old people’s falls, and trigger warnings to a response centre.
Rural Services Network – June 2009
