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Previously disengaged patient reduces HbA1c from 13.5% to 6.9% with Flo
[xyz-ips snippet=”post-date”] [xyz-ips snippet=”post-title-shortcode”] The patient was a 68 year old man with type 2 diabetes. He was disengaged with his health; he didn’t really want to attend appointments, or discuss his diabetes in general. The patient was also not taking his medicine, so initially he was set up on
BG control allowed surgery to go ahead as planned
[xyz-ips snippet=”post-date”] [xyz-ips snippet=”post-title-shortcode”] The patient was a 53 year old with type 2 diabetes, who was found to have a tumour in their bladder. Surgery was scheduled for 29th August 2017 to remove the tumour, and the patient began to take insulin. As the patient was going in for
Scotland’s Scale-Up team scoop three top awards with Florence
[xyz-ips snippet=”post-date”] [xyz-ips snippet=”post-title-shortcode”] Digital Health and Care Fest 2019 Scotland’s largest health and social care conference ‘Digital Health and Care Fest’ was held on 20th and 21st November 2019 at the University of Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow in partnership with Scottish Government, NHS and the Coalition of Care and
Home and Mobile Health Monitoring Evaluation – Economic case studies
[xyz-ips snippet=”post-date”] [xyz-ips snippet=”post-title-shortcode”] We are delighted to announce another exciting publication, “Home and Mobile Health Monitoring Evaluation – Economic Case studies” by Digital Health & Care Scotland, who have previously published their National 3-year evaluation “Towards Scaling Up Home and Mobile Health Monitoring 2015-2018”. This report provides us with a detailed analysis
Hypertension and Flo in General Practice; exploring evidence supporting sustainable scale-up of services
[xyz-ips snippet=”post-date”] [xyz-ips snippet=”post-title-shortcode”] Since the early days of our Community of Practice, hypertension has proved to be the most successfully evaluated pathway with Florence. Following our recent news of Scotland’s £1.2 million Scale-up BP Initiative which will see Flo rolled out nationally over the coming 2 years, we’ve compiled below some
PLOS Medicine Journal: Integrating Florence into Clinical Workflow at Scale
[xyz-ips snippet=”post-date”] [xyz-ips snippet=”post-title-shortcode”] Telemonitoring at scale for hypertension in primary care: An implementation study Uncontrolled hypertension is the largest manageable cause of stroke and myocardial infarction. Despite the effectiveness of anti-hypertensive medication, many patients still have uncontrolled blood pressure (BP). Having previously demonstrated that Florence encourages medication use and is effective at
Bossy Flossie!
[xyz-ips snippet=”post-date”] [xyz-ips snippet=”post-title-shortcode”] Earlier this year, after a period of deteriorating health, much to her surprise Agnes was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and advanced heart failure. After a period of treatment on the mainland she returned home and is now under the supervision of the Heart Failure team in Stornoway.
Better prescribing, improved safety, less visits and reduced risk of complications for incompliant patients in General Practice
[xyz-ips snippet=”post-date”] [xyz-ips snippet=”post-title-shortcode”] Figures have suggested that more than twelve million GP appointments are missed each year in the UK, costing in excess of £162 million per year. Ultimately it is not about the financial cost, but the opportunity cost to the NHS – GPs are not able to
BG remote monitoring results in no further hospital admissions or ambulance call outs
[xyz-ips snippet=”post-date”] [xyz-ips snippet=”post-title-shortcode”] Patient 1 was a 77 year old with type 2 diabetes. The patient lived in a residential care home, and their diabetes was difficult to control, with blood glucose readings anywhere between 2mmol and 30mmol being recorded. This poor control led to the patient being hospitalised
Focus on COPD: Improving quality of life in the Highlands
[xyz-ips snippet=”post-date”] [xyz-ips snippet=”post-title-shortcode”] COPD – Supporting patients to take personal responsibility . You may have previously read the inspirational report published by NHS Highland providing a comprehensive analysis of Flo’s impact across a number of services throughout the Highlands region, including hypertension, asthma, low FODMAP diet and weight loss.Feedback around NHS Highland’s
Florence awarded another ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission
[xyz-ips snippet=”post-date”] [xyz-ips snippet=”post-title-shortcode”] Cited as outstanding practice throughout the CQC report, Bay Medical Group, formally Coastal Medical Group are held up as an exemplar of best practice for the use of Flo with long term conditions.“Patients at the practice with long term conditions could have their conditions both short
Musician’s life kept in harmony thanks to innovative text system
[xyz-ips snippet=”post-date”] [xyz-ips snippet=”post-title-shortcode”] Lanarkshire’s answer to Johnny Cash has revealed how the power of text has kept his life in harmony during ill health. John Stalker (54), from Hamilton, was a long distance driver who – inspired by the Man in Black – sang and played guitar around local
