How the pandemic is changing pharmacy and the focus on care homes
Article originally posted on pharmaceutical-journal.com COVID-19 is changing our lives in ways that we cannot predict, or often imagine, and general practice is no stranger to this. Of course, not all the changes in the health service since the start of the pandemic have been positive, but as practices plot their way to a “new normal”, GP […]
Immedicare Extends to 400 More Nursing and Residential Care Homes
Immedicare is supporting care homes across the country by rolling out the video-enabled clinical support service at an unprecedented rate, to provide clinical support to care homes facing increased pressures due to the challenge of COVID-19. 400 additional Nursing and Residential homes across the country have now been provided with the service at a rapid […]
Immedicare Implements Remote Deployment Process and Scales to 800 Care homes Nationally
Immedicare has many years of experience helping NHS organisations to develop whole system responses to local challenges. However, the challenges we currently face are unprecedented and requires our organisation to be even more agile to meet an increased demand in these difficult times. In response to COVID-19, Immedicare has implemented a remote deployment process, that […]
Enhanced support for Bradford District and Craven care homes through Immedicare telemedicine
Blog originally posted by NHS Bradford Craven CCG 123 care homes in the Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven district are being given clinical support for their residents during the coronavirus outbreak. The Immedicare telemedicine service at Airedale Hospital in Steeton has been enhanced with the addition of GPs and GPs with special interests, hospital consultants, pharmacists, […]
Croydon Wins Award for Remote Video Assessment Service
Congratulations to our friends at Croydon CCG who have been recognised with a SAMs Award (South West London Alliance for Making a Difference). Croydon won an award in the Quality Improvement Category, which was presented to the Out of Hospital Care Team for deploying a Remote Video Assessment Service that Immedicare helped them to develop. […]
Scarborough care provider introduces Immedicare telemedicine service
Saint Cecilia’s Care Group has introduced a new video-enabled clinical response telemedicine service at its three homes in Scarborough. The Immedicare system is designed to provide round-the-clock access to clinical support and advice for its residents. Managing Director Mike Padgham said: “We are very pleased to be introducing this new telemedicine facility with Immedicare and the CCG […]
Expanding telemedicine for dementia patients could save NHS billions and support frontline resource strains, new data shows
Expanding telemedicine for dementia patients could save NHS millions and ease the pressure on frontline staff, new data shows New insights, revealed exclusively during World Alzheimer’s Month, show how a telemedicine service is dramatically reducing local healthcare costs and frontline resource pressures Immedicare calls on healthcare decision-makers to explore the expansion of its telemedicine service […]
Immedicare can help with keeping your residents safe this winter
Demand on A&E departments increases during the winter, due to large numbers of people attending with viruses such as the flu and Norovirus, illnesses related to cold weather and respiratory problems. The prevalence of seasonal illnesses is especially common in the elderly, who in the winter months tend to suffer from a decline in health even more […]
A Day in the Life of an Immedicare Senior Clinical Assessor
Reducing A&E Admissions – Immedicare Reduce A&E Admissions I’ve worked in the hub for 18 months now, and no two days are ever the same. There is never an average day and you never know what call you’re going to get, or how many. One call can be someone who has become acutely unwell suddenly, […]
How does the use of telemedicine help care home residents?
Reducing A & E Admissions – Reducing Ambulance Conveyances As part of a service review, members of the Immedicare team contacted care and residential homes using our telemedicine to find out how they found using the service. We were pleased to find the care homes saw a decrease in hospital admissions and GP visits, with […]
Immedicare Featured in Bolton Scene
Telemedicine Services UK – Telemonitoring Services UK Immedicare’s telemedicine service has been featured in the council newspaper for Bolton, the Bolton Scene. This article was featured on a page of the newspaper dedicated to Bolton’s plan for better health and social care, and how they want to use technology to improve patient care. See the full page […]
A Day in the Life of an Immedicare Engineer
Reducing A&E Admissions UK – Reducing Ambulance Conveyances across the UK As an Immedicare engineer, the main part of my job is to survey and install the telemedicine service throughout care homes in the UK. The survey will include testing the home’s WiFi, and seeing if the home needs a 4G solution with a sim […]
