Profitable technology – NRK

– First I start by taking the temperature, so I take the pulse and oxygen saturation, says Rigmor Strande.

She has COPD, and check their health condition twice a day . The results are sent automatically to the district.

In the district’s response center sits a nurse and can monitor patients’ blood pressure and temperature from day to day. If anything is abnormal, they take contact with the patient.

Photo: Thomas Marthinsen / NRK

Strande live in Old Oslo is one of four districts which since 2014 has been involved in the project welfare technology in the city.

Good results

Now, a quantitative study that the introduction of welfare technology patients with chronic disease in St.Hanshaugen, Old Oslo, saws and Grünerløkka produce significant savings.

After six months had home care 34 percent fewer visits. Meanwhile, time spent inside in each patient was reduced by 60 percent.

– I have not had visits from home care for half a year. And now I have not actually had pneumonia at eighteen months, says Strande.

172 users in districts and 95 hospital patients are examined. After half a year had Lovisenberg 32 percent fewer hospitalizations, and number of overnight stays decreased by 39 percent.

A pill box like this sends an alarm to the home if you forget to take your medicine for a second time.

Photo: Heidi Fjørtoft Klokk / NRK

Much money saving

Converted in monetary ears spared district 59 172 per year per user, the hospital saved 5676 NOK user even 444 million.

Intro International and Architecture and design in Oslo also made a qualitative study in which 12 users and two relatives were interviewed. Several of users experience a sense of empowerment, but the reason could the report be that those who participate in the pilot project have been closely monitoring.

Health Minister Bent Høie believes the use of technology can be a good fit for some patient groups, such that health services have more time to other groups who have greater needs.

Rigmor Strande is no doubt that the project has been good for her.

– I am very grateful for this because it has helped me a lot. I no longer have so much anxiety, because I myself have followed with the disease.

Technology is good help

Maria Helseth Greve is project manager Gamle Oslo and says that many patients with welfare technology understand more of their own illness.

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It is an experience more have done, says project in Gamle Oslo, Maria Helseth Greve.

– users understand more of their own illness and we get good feedback.

Some patient groups experiencing other hand overview of the disease as stressful, says Greve.

– We have examples of it, especially patients who have reached a phase where the disease is more serious.

She believes technology is important, but believes it is as much about how to use it.

– You must see at who benefits from it, and to which good mapping. Now we’ve tried a lot and learned a lot along the way.