The Temple Lung Center treats hundreds of patients. With so many people to take care of, some conditions like Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis require extra attention.
This condition is extremely volatile and can be fatal, and patients need constant monitoring from their medical practitioners. With this in mind, Temple is adapting a telehealth program—previously used for patients with COPD—to keep updated on patient’s status.
This new development came about from a partnership with HGE Health, a Temple founded organization who have done similar programs in the past. Patients using this program will be able to either call in or use smartphone apps to regularly track their vitals, updating their doctors wherever they are. This also allows for daily checkups, whereas in a normal system patients might only come by every 3 to 6 months.
This dramatically improves patient safety, as they can stay in touch with their doctors constantly and treatment can be applied much faster when necessary. It also improves rapport between patients and their staff, having constant access whenever they are concerned, without having to wait for their appointments.
The new program is being rolled out for IPF patients, but the past has seen success in demo groups for lung transplant patients, and COPD patients. The staff hopes that this new, expanded Telehealth program will go live in the next couple of months.
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