We are pleased to support the 3 Millions Lives campaign
‘3 million lives’ will extend the reach of telehealth and telecare, to improve the lives of many people with long term conditions and social care needs through integrating services.
To find out more about 3 Million Lives, visit www.3millionlives.co.uk
About the Whole Systems Demonstrator Programme
The Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) Programme is a two year research project funded by the Department of Health to find out how technology can help people manage their own health while maintain their independence. The WSD is the largest randomised control trial (RCT) of telecare and telehealth to date. The project covers 6,000 patients over three sites in England (Cornwall, Kent and Newham).
There are enormous savings to be made from the implementation of telehealth that could be reinvested in patient care; we estimate that these savings could be over £1bn per year which combined with the improvement in clinical outcomes demonstrated in the WSD results makes the adoption of this approach a real and pressing necessity.
Click here to view the Department of Health's Whole Systems Demonstrators: an overview of telecare and telehealth
Find out what John Dyson, CEO of Telehealth Solutions, had to say about the headline findings of the WSD here.
Other useful links:
Accelerating adoption of innovation in the NHS - DH report
Cornwall NHS home health-check project rolled out in UK - BBC news
Three million NHS patients 'monitored' at home to free up hospitals - Telegraph
David Cameron mentions telehealth in his Life Sciences speech - 5th Dec 2011