EMEDIC

Diabetes is one of the most rapidly increasing diseases in the world. The consequences of this chronic disease are also very significant in the Baltic Sea Region as a whole, both for the healthcare system and the economy. The optimisation of diabetes treatment would mean remarkable savings in the healthcare budget. Two-thirds of the expenses for diabetes treatment come from treatments of avoidable complications. This highlights the importance of the preventative action and easy availability of best expertise. One way to solve future problems with the increased cost of healthcare is to enable people to have home healthcare services of equal quality and safety as that provided in hospital care.

In order to intensify and modernise healthcare processes, eMedic developed and implemented new e-services for health care, based on diverse modern technological applications and monitoring tools.

eMedic conducted a survey of existing eHealth technologies and monitoring tools in order to take full advantage of the methods and experiences already in place. In self-management and video consultation pilots the project developed new working processes and anchored these to daily routines. eMedic built new service models for four countries and also evaluated the effects and usability of the project’s nine different pilots.

eMedic – Developing New Practices for Diabetes and Teleconsultation

The publication describes pilots and their results with regards to a project on developing new practices for diabetes and teleconsultation. It helps organisations to implement eHealth processes.

In addition, it brings forward aspects to consider in further projects.

Developing New Practices for Diabetes and Teleconsultation ENG

eMedic Teleconsultation and Self-management

The videos tells in three minutes the experiences of a teleconsultation and self-management pilot with regards to a project which developed and implemented new e-services for health care.

eMedic’s results show that the successful use of teleconsultations, telemonitoring and databases demands major changes in the care processes. To succeed in creating new practices, personnel engagement, technical feasibility, sustainability and a re-engineering of organizational processes is needed. If the questions concerning technical reliability and well-managed processes are solved, there should not be resistance among health care personnel. This is underlined by user experiences and usability assessment. The users experienced many benefits and supported the new working modes.

Video on eMedic teleconsulation FIN with ENG subtitles
Video on self-management FIN with ENG subtitles