Telehealth is a new program offered by BAPTIST HEALTH Home Health Network.

The Telehealth program is a daily monitoring program where a health monitor is installed in the patient's home. Each day, the Telehealth monitor reminds the patient to take vital measurements, prescribed by their personal physician. These daily measurements are transmitted by the patient's phone to the BAPTIST HEALTH Home Health office where they are reviewed daily by a Telehealth nurse. This system enables the home health nurses to watch over their patient's medical condition every day. For even more information, we invite you to visit our new web site!

Any condition where health management is difficult would benefit from Telehealth. Examples include: Heart Failure, Diabetes, Lung Problems, High Risk Pregnancies, etc.

Telehealth monitors the following:

Blood pressure
Pulse
Temperature
Weight
Blood Sugar Levels
Blood Oxygen Levels
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Telehealth helps patients to better manage their medical condition by reminding them to take vital measurements and/ or medications daily, or as many times as their personal physician orders.

Telehealth nurses monitor patients daily, keeping track of any changes in their condition in order to respond quickly to those changes, keeping them out of the hospital or the emergency room.

Telehealth will help each patient to better understand their condition enabling them to anticipate any changes in their health.

The easy-to-use Telehealth monitor gives easy, step by step instructions where the patient simply uses the touch screen after listening to simple prompts. Telehealth nurses review the incoming data every day, 365 days a year. Patients in the Telehealth program continue to receive home health visits and services as they normally would.

The Telehealth device uses your phone line to dial a toll-free number. The total amount of time the device uses your phone is 1 to 3 minutes every eight hours. The dial-ins will appear on your phone bill call detail as a call to a toll-free 1-800 number. No computer experience is necessary to use the Telehealth monitor. The monitor is very easy to use and the Home Health staff provides instructions and demonstrations.

As soon as each measurement is taken, it will appear on the screen and the automated voice will announce it. By signing an authorization form, you can give your physician, any clinician, or any family member permission to access your personal health information on a secure website.