CORēHealth: Operating Center of Telemedicine for Chronic Diseases and Clinical Networks of Apulia Region
Keywords: Digital Health Services
Type
Digital solution and service (e.g. application/digital health portal/platform/AI based system/etc.)
Short description
CORēHealth offers: HL7-FHIR interoperable web-cloud platform; Televisit, teleconsultation, telemonitoring, telecooperation and teleconference; Device tracking system; patient synoptic; central alarms; Mobile App for Citizens (Android and iOS); Developed by Dedalus and Aress. The target are 1.700.000 chronic patients in Apulia Region. Each patient is assigned a disease specific Integrated Care Pathway (“PAI”) and a medical device kit for the detection and monitoring of key vital parameters.
Evidence
Impact on health outcomes, Economic value to health and care systems, Economic value to patients, Impact on the health system’s capacity and resilience (e.g., health and care efficiency, continuity of care), Contribution to citizen empowerment
CORēHealth overturns the traditional patient care pathways, bringing, for the first time, digital innovation directly into their hands (App Mobile) enabling them to have their own medical history, their care plan and maintain a constant, regulated dialogue with their doctor. Doctors can manage the clinical history of their patients in an integrated environment, optimizing care time, reducing inappropriate access to hospital facilities, developing their professional skills, including digital skills, according to a multidisciplinary approach to care taking with a single common point of access and moving the care activities of chronically ill patients to an environment as close as possible to the patient’s home.
Maturity
The practice/case/tool is “on the market” and integrated in routine use. There is proven market impact in terms of job creation/spin-off creation or other company growth
in exercise since january 2022
Countries
Italy
Geographical scope
Regional
the platform can be used in every situation not depending by the geographical borders
Language(s)
italian
Comment
the platform is actually available in 23 sites region wide (breast cancer units and cancer orientation centers, Brindisi’s thalassemy center, and Taranto’s rural medicine). actually about 6000 patients involved. At full capacity, 1.700.000 chronic patients.
Submitted in other database or repository of digital health resources that is publicly available
no
Additional information
Relations
to clinicians / care practitioners
Clinical decision support
Care pathway tracking and adherence
Clinical team care planning and collaboration tools (e.g. digital shared care plan)
Alerting systems for abnormal test results
Escalation systems tracking home monitoring data streams
ICT support for management of frailty and/or falls prevention
Regional/national/local Integrated Care Record systems
Care pathway tracking and adherence
Clinical team care planning and collaboration tools (e.g. digital shared care plan)
Alerting systems for abnormal test results
Escalation systems tracking home monitoring data streams
ICT support for management of frailty and/or falls prevention
Regional/national/local Integrated Care Record systems
to patients / citizens
Remote monitoring apps/health outcomes tracking
Sensors/wearable devices
Telehealth and telemedicine
Personalised prevention apps
Health promotion and wellness apps and wearables/virtual coaches
Smart homes/independent living support/ambient assisted living technologies
Smart workplaces
Digital tools to support health education (health literacy)/digital health literacy
Reminders/alerts
Digital tools to support patient feedback and reporting of outcomes and experiences
Self-management/ICT supporting adherence to medication and care-plans
Home care
Sensors/wearable devices
Telehealth and telemedicine
Personalised prevention apps
Health promotion and wellness apps and wearables/virtual coaches
Smart homes/independent living support/ambient assisted living technologies
Smart workplaces
Digital tools to support health education (health literacy)/digital health literacy
Reminders/alerts
Digital tools to support patient feedback and reporting of outcomes and experiences
Self-management/ICT supporting adherence to medication and care-plans
Home care
Primary target patient group (age)
Young children (0-4), Children (5-14), Youth and young adults (15-24), Adults (25-64), Older adults (65+), May be used across all patient ages
Addressed prevention area(s)
Health screenings
Use case and care pathway positioning
Treatment, Disease monitoring, treatment compliance, self-management, Integrated care pathways, Functional support and independent living (e.g., for frailty), Patient or citizen communities, self-help and mentoring
Ready to be transferred to
Ready for transfer, but the practice has not been transferred yet.
Plans for cross-border implementation
Are considered and will be developed in the near future