Trials and tribulations: a small pilot telehealth home care program for medicare patients

Geriatr Nurs. 2005 Nov-Dec;26(6):343-6. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2005.09.021.

Abstract

This article describes a home care agency's experience initiating the technology of a telehealth program for a selected view of its home care patients. The goal of the telehealth program was to improve patient outcomes by augmenting patients' regularly scheduled in-home skilled nursing visits with video-conferencing encounters. Patient selection, costs, projected savings, patient satisfaction, and the technical, clinical, and patient problems with the telehealth system are discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Connecticut
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Female
  • Home Care Services* / economics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medicare
  • Monitoring, Ambulatory* / economics
  • Nursing Research / methods*
  • Patient Selection
  • Pilot Projects
  • Telemedicine* / economics
  • United States