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| Kevin Goode |
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| David Barrett |
Catching up on old news since it is still good news. Dr KevinGoode and David Barrett were successful in winning a substantial contract with
MSD in 2013 to evaluate a telehealth service for patients with heart failure and
COPD. The project started in August 2013 and is expected to deliver results in
Q2 of 2015.
The project is entitled “Enabling Self Care through
technology: Evaluation of the MSD Telehealth service”. As an enterprise
activity it has been designed with research outputs in mind so that findings
from telehealth service delivery can meet the rigour of peer reviewed
publication. It will seek to address the following areas;
Work Package 1 - Activity
data: (a) understanding service usage and activity; (b) understanding alert
escalation rates; (c) understanding measurement adherence
Work Package 2 –
Clinical effectiveness and outcomes: This will be achieved through a
case-matched analysis against a number of registry databases including
Hull-Lifelab (Academic Cardiology, HYMS) to enable comparison of the service
patients against a control group; without the need for a randomised control
trial. Also exploring whether telehealth increases self-care or reduces carer burden.
Work Package 3 –
Economic benefits: Does the service translate into cost savings and/or increased
case load management?
Work Package 4 – User
and carer experience: Understanding the user’s experience of telehealth and
of those who care for the patient.
Work Package 5 –
Provider and practitioner experience: Understanding the telehealth nurse and
GP experience of using telehealth.
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