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NHS hospital managers have claimed that a telemedicine system has enabled them to cut admission rates by 45% and lengths of stay by 30% for care home residents with long term conditions.
Health leaders at Airedale Hospital in West Yorkshire argue that reductions on this scale among these patients ? who have conditions such as chronic heart failure, COPD and diabetes ? can bring savings of about ?2m a year.
However, GP leaders have said that, although telemedicine can work well in certain cases, it should not be regarded as a ?panacea? or a ?political tool?.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/20004054.article#.UhhRf5K2aSo
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Health leaders at Airedale Hospital in West Yorkshire argue that reductions on this scale among these patients ? who have conditions such as chronic heart failure, COPD and diabetes ? can bring savings of about ?2m a year.
However, GP leaders have said that, although telemedicine can work well in certain cases, it should not be regarded as a ?panacea? or a ?political tool?.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/20004054.article#.UhhRf5K2aSo
(free registration)