With Medtech Connect’s superior telehealth features
combined with easy-to-use, integrated digital monitoring
devices, clinicians using Medtech Evolution will be able to
make informed decisions in virtual consultations using
up-to-date clinical readings from anywhere with an internet
connection.
Whilst several health organisations and
virtual GP clinics in New Zealand offer remote care via
telephone and video calls, none of these services are
connected to the practice, clinic or health service where
the patient is enrolled.
Medtech Connect
brings the benefits and features of a virtual consultation
right into the Medtech Evolution PMS alongside the
appointment book, the enrolled patient’s health records
and the clinic’s admin and
invoicing.
Plug and play with Medtech
Evolution
Any clinician using Medtech Evolution will
be able to start booking comprehensive, virtual
consultations with their patients, no matter where they are.
And they won’t need any new software or apps to do
so.
Medtech Connect runs in Medtech Evolution so
clinicians don’t have to leave their PMS to launch a
virtual consultation and can run all appointments –
face-to-face and virtual – off one appointment
book.
Just like a standard Zoom or Teams conference
call, a team consisting of a GP, clinicians, family, and
other nominated caregivers can be invited to participate in
a Medtech Connect virtual consultation. Participants receive
a simple, secure SMS or email link to the appointment and
can join on any standard mobile device or
desktop.
During the consultation, the patient’s
information is available to the GP or clinician based on the
pre-set permissions and consult notes can be recorded
directly into the patient record in the PMS.
When
paired with the Medtech Connect suite of integrated digital
monitoring devices, a patient’s vitals can be
automatically and accurately captured into the PMS using a
standard mobile device from any location with an internet
connection. These readings can be pre-recorded prior to a
consultation, taken in real-time during a consultation, or
regularly monitored according to a schedule.
Sharing
the continuity of care
Bringing this functionality
and capability together in the Medtech Evolution PMS makes
it easier for practices, clinics, and health services—like
aged care, community outreach and marae health centres—to
deliver continuity of care and allows them to safely share
the care where appropriate.
Nurses, caregivers, or the
patient’s family can help take pressure off health services
by delivering ongoing care at home. The readings captured by
the suite of integrated digital monitoring devices are
accurate and automatically uploaded to the PMS. If a reading
falls outside a pre-defined threshold, automated alerts
immediately notify the nominated GP or
clinician.
Medtech Connect can help to efficiently
triage enrolled patients before they present at a practice
or health service. With access to the patient record during
the virtual consult, nurses, nurse practitioners and other
clinicians can process scripts, determine which patients
need to be seen, make appointments for them during the
consult and send acute cases to urgent care without leaving
Medtech Evolution.
Where a practice is short-staffed
or has no permanent GP available, it can continue to offer
virtual appointments to enrolled patients with remote GPs or
locums. Patients can also continue to come to on-site
appointments with nurse practitioners or other clinicians
where appropriate, with the oversight of a GP when
needed.
GP practices servicing aged care facilities
can accurately monitor residents and collaborate with the
residents’ caregivers without leaving their practices. When
a repeat monitoring task is created in Medtech Connect,
appointments and reminders for the nominated caregiver are
automatically created.
Medtech Connect gives GPs more
flexibility, too. GPs can “take their clinics with them”
and choose to work from a different location, from home or
part-time without losing connection with their enrolled
patients.
A virtual clinic
Remote health and
telehealth options have been available for more than 10
years. However, none of these services is integrated with an
existing PMS or comes as close as Medtech Connect to
replicating an in-person consultation experience for both
patients and clinicians.
The Medtech Connect digital
monitoring devices are unique to Medtech Connect. They are
easy to use, accurate and provide the detailed clinical
information, images, and audio a GP or nurse would expect to
record in a face-to-face consultation.
Six vital signs
can be captured using one compact device: blood pressure,
temperature, pulse, oxygenation, blood glucose and a
single-lead ECG using a mobile device from any
location.
When a more comprehensive consultation is
needed, the throat scope and otoscope capture images, and a
mobile device camera can be used to monitor wounds. The
digital stethoscope captures audio of the lungs and heart,
and the bluetooth-enabled urine analyser measures eleven key
parameters.
All the readings are recorded against the
patient record in Evolution. If there is no internet
connection when the readings are taken, they will be
uploaded to Evolution as soon as the device connection is
restored.
GPs and health services can conduct
comprehensive consultations and make informed decisions
without leaving their clinic or getting a patient out of
bed. Nurses, caregivers, or the patient’s family can help
deliver ongoing care at home.
Truly remote
care
The combination of Medtech Connect’s superior
telehealth features and remote monitoring devices will help
GPs, practices and health services provide continuity of
care for all patients in their community, whether they are
housebound, aged, or remote.
At the same time, Medtech
Connect will help practices maximise enrolments and meet
recall targets and because Medtech Connect runs in the
Medtech Evolution PMS, Medtech practices can start using it
as soon as it is available.
Visit the Medtech website
to find out more: medtechglobal.com
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