title: Telemedicine in emergency home care--the 'Shahal' experience.
abstract: Shahal serves over 40,000 cardiac, pulmonary and blood pressure subscribers. The system combines emergency home care and telemedicine in a patient-initiated system geared towards the prevention of cardiac and pulmonary complications. About 150,000 calls are received per year. The median time from onset of symptoms to a call for help is 44 min. It is a unique system which has been shown to facilitate improved home health-care control, enabling patients to manage their own health condition and providing them with a higher quality of life and enhanced peace of mind.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Cardiac Care Unit, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Carthy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benedek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D004630:Emergencies; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*