A new paradigm for telehealth implementation.

Recently, efforts have been made to treat patients at home as much as possible. In many cases, the reason for the patient staying in hospital is not that he/she actually needs active medical care. Often, the principal reason for a lengthy stay in hospital is simply continual observation. This paper explains our experience and strategy to support the treatment of patients in their own home through the remote monitoring of physiological signals. The benefits of such remote monitoring are wide-ranging; the patient can continue to live their normal life, their risk of infection is reduced, costs are significantly decreased for the hospital, and clinician time is utilised more effectively.