OH passed me a Daily Mail Article on Heart Failure and COPD Monitoring !!

[Prada47]

The article was on future Home Monitoring it looks like we will be asked to check our BP, O2, HR and send them in on an App or Online. Results will be analysed by either a Specialist Nurse Practitioner or even by AI. They say this will save Hospital Admissions for both COPD and Heart Failure so easing the burden on Hospital beds. Also it looks like this will give a much earlier warning of things going wrong.

After reading the article I have come to the conclusion if Drs can't be A***d to see patients they have accelerated the process of making themselves redundant !

In my opinion it looks like once you have been diagnosed with a chronic Heart or Lung condition you will be cast adrift from the GP to a Nurse Practitioner who will monitor your self taken reading and will call you to discuss should it not be looking right ! . It looks like by 2030 everyone will have a Apple watch doing ECGs and downloading information to a computer for an AI check which could be carried out by Dr Google.

How things are changing at a Alarming Rate

ps I think this article is pretty accurate I know unusual from such a source lol

Regards

[Prada47]

Looks like the top guru at Pumping Marvellous is in agreement !! There is a need to reduce costs in the NHS it can't go on as it is ! Technology is the future of the NHS did you see the new way to treat an enlarged prostate by water jet it takes a day rather than 5 days.

AI now looks at mammograms and it is better than Radiologists at diagnosis. Not a Daily Mail fan but I thought this was the future. I have answered 4 calls in 3 months from GP ,Heart Failure Nurse, and Rehab Nurse all asking for Heart Rate and Blood Pressure so it is already here !!

Regards

[RufusScamp]

There is a place for remote monitoring, I believe. I have a monitor for my pacemaker, which saves me a half-day trip by doing a night-time reading. When my BP was a bit high, I read it at home for a week; saving a nurse's time, and me the risk of C**** exposure. If routine stuff can be done remotely, it means more time for more complex cases at the surgery.

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Well if that is the case of you taking your readings that will be a joke with me as my o2 levels are 77% at best and blood pressure on my home machine goes from 160/104 down to 120/80. I do have congenital heart disease though from birth and still active. But no 10k runner I have to admit.

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That's a lot of gear that they'd have to provide, could be another money maker for someone.

Not so sure it would be a money saver or cut back on hospital visits, as, it would highlight a lot of problems, that most people currently ignore.

To cynical me, it's just more Big Brother.

[tapfoot]

Given the lack of GPs and increased need to work remotely, I'd be happy to know my GP was supported by AI. I'll never forget my gran telling me how, before the NHS, a young boy used to be chosen to run the 4 miles to the nearest doctor to 'ask' if they would visit a very sick patient. Developments in science have changed our lives and our expectations.

[Sunnie2day]

My cardiologist has had me logging 'vitals' for over two years, I put everything on a spreadsheet I email him once a month and so far it seems to be a very efficient method of monitoring my multiple heart conditions.

One month I sent it off and within an hour of hitting send I had him ringing round to tell me he didn't like my ox-sats, the next day I was having an echo which showed an increase in pericardial effusion. Caught it early thanks to the emailed spreadsheet so the effusion was sorted without progressing to a more serious state. (My fault, I'd indulged in far too many salty meals that week)

For me, the spreadsheet is working beautifully.

[MountainGoat52]

I've been home monitoring for over a decade as Clinical Hypertension (White Coat Syndrome) made readings taken at the surgery a complete nonsense. To some extent this separated me from my GP, but at least I would get some feedback and comment and the results would be put on my medical record. Since the start of the pandemic there has been no feedback and I have noted that my results are no longer being put on my record. So I could ask what is the use, as anyone accessing my records in the future won't have my full history.

It's all part of the Great Race to the Bottom. 😯