In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, heart failure teams at a Leicester NHS Trust had to find alternative methods for caring for their patients without visiting them for a face-to-face consultation. To support heart failure patients in the community the trust quickly deployed Clinitouch, a remote patient monitoring platform.
By early April 2020, just eight days after the first COVID-19 lockdown, the trust had already begun remote monitoring its first patient using Clinitouch.
(Period - April 2020 – December 2022)
Dr Noel O’Kelly, Medical Director at Spirit Health comments:
“During the Covid-19 pandemic, managing high-risk patients was a significant challenge.
"Remote patient monitoring proved to be a safe and effective way of supporting heart failure patients at home.
"This experience has given confidence to continue offering this service, providing heart failure patients with alternative means of staying connected to their clinicians.”
(1) Data on File Spirit Health. Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease & Heart Failure Covid-19 Data analysis December 22.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, heart failure teams at a Leicester NHS Trust had to find alternative methods for caring for their patients without visiting them for a face-to-face consultation. To support heart failure patients in the community the trust quickly deployed Clinitouch, a remote patient monitoring platform.
By early April 2020, just eight days after the first COVID-19 lockdown, the trust had already begun remote monitoring its first patient using Clinitouch.
(Period - April 2020 – December 2022)
Dr Noel O’Kelly, Medical Director at Spirit Health comments:
“During the Covid-19 pandemic, managing high-risk patients was a significant challenge.
"Remote patient monitoring proved to be a safe and effective way of supporting heart failure patients at home.
"This experience has given confidence to continue offering this service, providing heart failure patients with alternative means of staying connected to their clinicians.”
(1) Data on File Spirit Health. Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease & Heart Failure Covid-19 Data analysis December 22.