Why TeleHealth?
- Offers integrated and seamless care to effectively meet our healthcare needs. As therapists will be able to offer care to a larger group of patients, productivity levels are improved.
- Optimise resources to overcome manpower constraints in the healthcare sector.
- Improve access to rehabilitation services and achieve higher patient compliance towards better functional recovery.
- Deliver quality healthcare to an ageing population, enabling our elderly to age-in-place.
- Reduce need for patients and their caregivers to travel and wait for appointments in hospitals.
Smart Health Video Consultation (VC) for Healthcare
- Launched in April 2017, VC leverages video conferencing technology to allow patients to remotely consult their care team online.
- The system offers a level of immediacy when patients need care and in-person visits are not possible.
- The platform will be used in areas such as follow-up services for paediatric eczema pharmacy consultation, paediatric home care services, lactation consultation, and speech therapy for KKH patients; post-stroke, communicable disease, cancer patient care, and more at other institutions.
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Smart Health TeleRehab
- Allows patients to undergo their rehabilitation exercises at a time and location of their choice, through the use of wearable sensors and remote monitoring by a therapist.
- As data is transmitted to therapists wirelessly through wearable motion sensors attached to patients’ limbs, clinicians can remotely conduct rehabilitation and therapy sessions for patients in the comfort of their homes.
- Support from healthcare professionals for patients and caregivers can also be done remotely via an Internet-based videoconferencing service that works on consumer devices and can support one-to-one and multi-user interactions.
- The solution is suitable for patients recovering from conditions including stroke, fractures, lower limb joint replacements or amputations, deconditioning and musculoskeletal conditions.
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Useful links:
Smart Health TeleRehab to Improve Patient Access to Rehabilitation Services and Productivity for Therapists
Healthcare Consultations Move Online in Singapore's First National Implementation of Smart Health Video Consultation for Healthcare