Reducing admissions for long-term conditions: is telehealth the answer?
In December 2011, the Department of Health (DH) released a bulletin on the early findings from the telehealth Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) sites. The WSD programme is the world's largest telehealth trial, involving 6191 patients and 238 GP practices at 3 UK sites. The study focused on three conditions; diabetes, COPD and coronary heart disease. At first sight, the outcomes are impressive - certainly good enough to warrant the announcement to be made by the Prime Minister, who fully endorsed telehealth and announced its potential to benefit 3 million patients per year.
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D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D058006:General Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission; D012648:Self Care; D017216:Telemedicine; D006113:United Kingdom