Loving Care Home Health began utilizing industry leading telehealth technology in central Oklahoma in 2002. Honeywell’s HomMed patient monitoring system has allowed us to increase patient oversight and improve patient outcomes.

Every day at a time chosen by the patient, a monitor talks the patient through a vital data collection process. The data is automatically transmitted over a digital wireless private network or telephone line to a Central Station located in the nearest office of Loving Care.

Nursing professionals review the information and respond appropriately. Telehealth provides monitoring 7 days a week and takes less than 5 minutes per day.

Patients in a hospital or skilled nursing facility must request Loving Care Home Health to avoid being discharged to another home health care provider who may not offer telehealth or the comprehensive services and superior quality provided by Loving Care Home Health.

Why Use Telehealth?

Patients are discharged from the hospital earlier than in years past, but their recovery care needs have not changed.

Patients often need help implementing their treatment or recovery plan into daily living.

Hospital nursing staff often are unable to thoroughly and completely cover all discharge instructions with their patients due to limited time and resources.

Telehealth combines advanced communication technology and health monitoring equipment to gather and transmit a patient’s vital signs to a health care professional.

The information is reviewed daily and early warning signs of problems are addressed immediately by a nurse. The combination of daily monitoring and early intervention greatly improves the quality of care.

More on Telehealth

• Eliminates unnecessary and unscheduled visits to the doctor’s office
• Reduces emergency care and hospital re-admissions for patients with chronic illness such as CHF, diabetes, etc.
• Complete and objective clinical patient data is immediately available to the home health staff
• Trend-over-time data ensures continuity of care
• Prompt communication of abnormal parameters and routine trend reports allows the physician to detect subtle changes in clinical status before a patient’s condition deteriorates
• Helps the physician be more pro-active in patient care, allowing for adjustments to the treatment plan or medications
• Encourages patient self-management by reinforcing positive behavior and lifestyle changes
• Facilitates patient and caregiver participation in the plan of care producing better maintainable outcomes
• Gives concerned family members the peace of mind that a professional clinician is monitoring the patient on a daily basis and communicating important information to the physician
• Patient has the option to check themselves as often as they desire, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Health care vital sign alert limits are individually set for each patient

What can Telehealth Monitor?

• Heart rate
• Blood pressure
• Weight
• Oxygen saturation
• Temperature
• Blood glucose level
• ECG rhythm