Telehealth
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Opportunities:
- To utilise Stream Personal TV technology as a platform for the delivery of further healthcare services.
- To roll out Hull's telemonitoring service to provide a worldclass project exemplar on a pan-European scale.
- To engage with the University of Hull in the telehealth research programme.
Hull has been the scene of pioneering developments in telehealth that are transforming patient care and cutting the cost of service delivery.
We are home to one of the largest heart failure telemonitoring services in Europe which is being delivered by a unique collaboration between the University of Hull; Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Hull City Council Community Care services; NHS Hull, the city's primary care trust; and Hull Churches Home from Hospital voluntary organisation.
Clinical trials using alternative technologies from Tunstall Genesis and Philips Motiva, have already shown that Home Telemonitoring can reduce mortality and time spent in hospital for patients with chronic heart failure. Importantly, more recent methods for Telemonitoring can improve patient information and education.
Further developments in telehealth include the use of implanted technology that can 'piggy back' on other devices, such as pacemakers and telehealth 'kiosks' located in community health centres, pharmacies or supermarkets.
Hull is playing a leading role in an EU funded project known as HeartCycle, one of the largest biomedical and healthcare research projects in Europe. The system that the industry-led research consortium is developing will improve the quality of care for patients with coronary heart disease and/or heart failure by monitoring their condition at home, using unobtrusive sensors built into everyday objects, such as clothes, bed sheets and home appliances.
HeartCycle builds on the progress made by the MyHeart project, which developed advanced telemonitoring technologies and service concepts for patients with heart failure.
The University of Hull is undertaking a research programme which encompasses all aspects of telehealth - from chemistry and engineering teams developing sensor technology, computer scientists investigating data analysis, nursing and psychology research, to the Business School developing the business models.
