Improving Access To Health Care Services In The Field Of Telemedicine And E-Health - Telemonitoring Of Patients With Heart Failure
National Institute of Cardiology of Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski National Research Institute ·Poland
About this project
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">The main objective of the project is to improve the access of 510 people (including 255 women) meeting the inclusion criteria, among whom there are at least 51 people (minimum 10%) originating from excluded areas (counties where the mean per capita income is lower than the national average) to health care benefits, mostly via telemedicine, according to the assumptions of model no. 1 “Cardiology.”</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">The aim of the project will be to develop a proposal to change the model of telemedicine cardiological care for patients with heart failure. According to the assumptions the pilot project will be coordinated by the National Institute of Cardiology which will cooperate with primary health care.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">Activities identified under the project:</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">1) Information and promotion activities of the project including educational activities aimed at patients;</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">2) Implementation and testing of the internet platform;</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">3) Conducting a pilot project and constant supervision over the correctness of recruitment and implementation of the pilot with particular emphasis on the observance of the principle of equality of access to services, including IT services and legal services;</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">4) Training meetings with the medical staff of the project partners in particular in the use of the internet platform;</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">5) Commencement of the patient recruitment process and treatment of patients with heart failure:</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">a) medical / nursing visits</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">b) training on the use of the internet platform with the recommendation to use it for educational purposes, goals and assumptions of the project</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">c) home vital signs monitoring</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">d) patient satisfaction assessment</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">6) meetings with Heart Transplant Association named after Professor Zbigniew Religa;</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">7) project management.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"> </p>
Project partners
- BaltiMed clinic LLC limited partnership Project partner· Poland
- Lomza Medical Centre LLC Project partner· Poland
- Medical and Diagnostic Center LLC Project partner· Poland
- Prof. Zbigniew Religa Association for Heart Transplant Project partner· Poland