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A comprehensive evaluation of the impact of telemonitoring in patients with long-term conditions and social care needs: protocol for the Whole Systems Demonstrator cluster randomised trial
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Title: | A comprehensive evaluation of the impact of telemonitoring in patients with long-term conditions and social care needs: protocol for the Whole Systems Demonstrator cluster randomised trial |
Authors: | Bower, P Cartwright, M Hirani, S Barlow, JG Hendy, J Knapp, M Henderson, C Rogers, A Sanders, C Cartwright, M Bardsley, M Steventon, A Fitzpatrick, R Doll, H Newman, S |
Item Type: | Journal Article |
Abstract: | Background It is expected that increased demands on services will result from expanding numbers of older people with long-term conditions and social care needs. There is significant interest in the potential for technology to reduce utilisation of health services in these patient populations, including telecare (the remote, automatic and passive monitoring of changes in an individual's condition or lifestyle) and telehealth (the remote exchange of data between a patient and health care professional). The potential of telehealth and telecare technology to improve care and reduce costs is limited by a lack of rigorous evidence of actual impact. Methods/Design We are conducting a large scale, multi-site study of the implementation, impact and acceptability of these new technologies. A major part of the evaluation is a cluster-randomised controlled trial of telehealth and telecare versus usual care in patients with long-term conditions or social care needs. The trial involves a number of outcomes, including health care utilisation and quality of life. We describe the broad evaluation and the methods of the cluster randomised trial Discussion If telehealth and telecare technology proves effective, it will provide additional options for health services worldwide to deliver care for populations with high levels of need. |
Issue Date: | 5-Aug-2011 |
Date of Acceptance: | 5-Aug-2011 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/59996 |
DOI: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-11-184 |
ISSN: | 1472-6963 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Journal / Book Title: | BMC Health Services Research |
Volume: | 11 |
Issue: | 1 |
Copyright Statement: | © 2011 Bower et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Sponsor/Funder: | Department of Health Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) |
Funder's Grant Number: | 51001NM EP/I029788/1 |
Keywords: | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Health Care Sciences & Services COMPLEX INTERVENTIONS HEALTH-CARE LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION ELDERLY-PEOPLE HEART-FAILURE SCALE INNOVATIONS TELECARE VALIDITY TELEMEDICINE Humans Chronic Disease Monitoring, Physiologic Cluster Analysis Telemedicine Research Design Social Support Health Services Needs and Demand Evaluation Studies as Topic 1117 Public Health And Health Services 0807 Library And Information Studies Health Policy & Services |
Publication Status: | Published |
Article Number: | 184 |
Online Publication Date: | 2011-08-05 |
Appears in Collections: | Imperial College Business School |