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What is Telehealth?
Connected health technology that helps people manage long-term conditions and stay independent at home.
Helping people manage long-term conditions
Telehealth systems support people with long-term conditions (LTCs) to self-manage their health, stay more independent, reduce hospital stays, allow early discharge from hospital and reduce their dependency on primary health and GP services.
A smart hub and connected devices
Telehealth services usually centre on a smart hub. The patient enters their vital-signs data, or it is captured automatically by devices such as blood-pressure monitors, pulse oximeters and blood-glucose meters, and transmitted to a clinical or non-clinical monitoring service where their health is monitored and any alerts addressed.
The system can also coach and mentor the patient through a series of questions and answers processed by its software algorithms.
The conditions it supports
Telehealth is used to support patients living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), chronic heart failure (CHF), type 2 diabetes, cancer, mental-health conditions and other long-term conditions.
Telecare, telehealth and everything between
Telehealth is one part of Technology Enabled Care Services. Explore how the connected technologies work together — or join the UKTelehealthcare network for sector-wide guidance and support.