NZHIT have published the New Zealand Remote Patient Monitoring Guide, which has been created with the intended audience of New Zealand healthcare providers looking to implement telemonitoring solutions for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM).
It has been developed with experience and guidance from members of the NZHIT Virtual Health Industry Group (VHIG), led by Chair Samuel Wong, in collaboration with the New Zealand Telehealth Leadership Group.
Telemonitoring is one of the virtual healthcare delivery methods that involves the use of information technology to monitor patients at a distance. The range of telemonitoring service capability can be as simple as a falls pendant and services provided under Telecare services Association of New Zealand (TSANZ), all the way through to immersive virtual reality monitoring of physiological and neurological components.
The monitoring can be managed by commercial monitoring agencies, private care providers, public healthcare, GPs, the patient’s family or self-monitored using apps and logs. It is noted that most devices being introduced should be Medsafe/Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved or working towards compliance.
New_Zealand_Remote_Patient_Monitoring_Guide_Released_.pdf (1.96 MB)