The intent of this project was to integrate an existing mobile phone-based telemonitoring system into a home care nursing environment. Analyses were conducted to examine nursing workflows and home care constraints. User-centric design, development, and testing were used to modify the current telemonitoring system for a home care pilot study with heart failure clients. Interim results show technology acceptance by home care nurses and improved self-awareness in clients; the telehomecare system offers its greatest value as an opportunity for client education following clinical alerts. The pilot study will continue with a focus on increased client recruitment and selectivity towards those most in need of chronic disease management. It is expected that the system will result in an improvement in health outcomes and more efficient delivery of home care visits. The results from this study will provide insight into the impact of a new service delivery model for home care nurses.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/42957 |
| Date | 28 November 2013 |
| Creators | Tomkun, Jonathan |
| Contributors | Cafazzo, Joseph, Seto, Emily |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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