Example Use

Changes in vital signs data is an indication of many long-term health conditions such as Heart or lung disease. Primary Care may identify those with existing conditions or at risk, and initiate recording of vital signs and other health data in support of a care pathway.

You may be given MonitorMe following surgery to allow you home more quickly and support you through recovery. This is how MonitorMe will work for you.

Early Discharge from Hospital

Stage 1 - MonitorMe Set-up: Following major surgery Patient X is being prepared for discharge from hospital. He/She appears to be recovering well and normal body functions are working well. The care professional identifies Patient X as a suitable person to leave hospital with a MonitorMe device.

The care professional opens the professional portal of the patient record system and enters basic data for the patient (including phone number to be used for the call), carer and a specified loved one. Physical data of the patient is also included together with a description of the patient’s condition.

At this stage the professional ticks boxes to indicate the type of reports to be generated to support the on-going care pathway. This is also linked to the health questionnaire and appropriate automated questions are established. The final part of the professional set up is to stipulate the frequency of call.

Patient X is then discharged from hospital with the MonitorMe device and any medication that has been prescribed.
Stage 2 - Using MonitorMe: Patient X plugs MonitorMe into a power socket and also the telephone line. No further set up is required. He/She can continue to use MonitorMe as an ordinary telephone.

At the specified time(s) of day the automated call will ring Patient X. The automated call will ask for Patient X’s “password” (may be specific health authority reference number or just date of birth). Patient X will confirm this using the telephone keys.

This will start the health questionnaire and the vital signs sensors. Software in MonitorMe will check that readings from the sensors are stable and that the handset is therefore being held correctly. (Left hand, ear piece centred in the left ear, fingers connecting properly on the handset). In the event that this is not the case then the automated call will ask Patient X to adjust his/her grip.

The results of the health questionnaire will be stored together with the vital signs readings on the patient record.

The automated call will end with a confirmation message that the data has been captured accurately.
Stage 3 - Evaluation of Data: The care professional will have an icon on a PC or mobile device which when clicked will open up the MonitorMe Professional Portal. From this single entry point the care professional will be able to access all the data for their patients. They will be able to see trends for temperature, oxygen saturation, pulse and blood pressure, together with results from the health questionnaire to target which Patient’s might be most in need of intervention.

Should automated triage of the results be selected then the professional portal page will highlight in amber those patients with occasional results outside the normal limits and therefore rapidly identify where care may be most required. In the event that readings are significantly outside the normal limit or have been amber for three consecutive readings then the status will be raised to red identifying the need for urgent intervention.
Stage 4 - Review by Loved Ones: Patient X will be able to specify who can look at his/her patient record thus enabling a loved one or family member with access to the internet to be able to review the data. The report may include the time and date when the last data was received, and may also include the trend data or the time when interventions have been requested. This will serve to reassure and empower loved ones and family members and provide the greatest opportunity for all round positive outcomes.