Baxter and Marion County Home Health Care

Home Health Telemonitoring

For more information about Baxter Regional Home Health, call (870) 435-7500.

Baxter Regional Medical Center’s home health telemonitoring remotely monitors patients’ vital signs data and sends them short surveys about their health status. The equipment transmits vital signs data and daily interactive surveys to and from the patient. This combination of objective data and subjective responses enables clinicians to make more timely care decisions and helps prevent unnecessary hospitalizations.

Each day, patients take their own vital signs measurements as prescribed by their doctors: weight, blood pressure, pulse, glucose level, blood oxygen level and/or ECG rhythm. They also answer survey questions sent by their clinician, which may include general health assessment questions and/or targeted follow-up questions, and enter self-reported data as directed. The information is then automatically transmitted through an ordinary phone line via modem to secure, Web-based Clinical Review Software. Clinicians can track daily patient measurements, store and retrieve historical data in both tabular and graphical format, and generate reports – promoting fast follow-up and intervention.