title: How telehealth can increase the effectiveness of chronic heart failure management.
abstract: Telehealth offers a way of providing tailored care for patients in their own homes. This project, based at a GP practice, found that new technology improved patient care and medication concordance and reduced use of healthcare services. The initiative is being run along similar lines as the Department of Health's whole system demonstrator programme, and shows telehealth also works on asmaller scale in an individual practice.
authors.affiliation: Orchard Medical Centre, Bristol.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berkley
authors.forename: Sally-Anne
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rowland
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D016730:Program Development; D013686:Telemetry; D055817:Telenursing / Q000458:organization & administration