The Telemedicine of the Asl of Frosinone continues its growth and is enriched by a new dual service also in the northern area of the province: the referral of electrocardiograms and cardiological televisitis.
Dr. Lucia Prati, who works in the Territorial Cardiology of District A, in the clinics of Anagni and Paliano, started the new service.
Dr. Prati, tell us about the innovation
We started the referral of electrocardiograms by choosing as the first, patients belonging to the ADI, integrated home care, which represent one of the most fragile and difficult to transport categories of patients with chronic diseases in local clinics.
It is the nurses who go home to perform the ECG and remotely the cardiologist views it on their PC and reports it, thus supporting colleagues to confirm or modify any specific therapies.
At the same time, cardiological televisitis also started, an innovation that today allows us to further shorten distances with patients and improve caregiving thanks to the use of technology at the service of medicine.
This is also thanks to the vision of the Strategy Department of our ASL.
How does a televisit take place?
Cardiological televisitis is reserved for known patients, i.e. those who have already made the first in-person visits. These are follow-up visits in which the results of the previously prescribed diagnostic tests are seen, which the patient uploads to the Skype platform, assisted in case of need by a caregiver. The results will result in the correct clinical-assistance follow-up, with times and methods shared and known for each patient, based on the underlying chronic pathology.How do I access the television stations?
The request is made by the specialist after the first visit, which must always take place in person. He decides and prescribes telemedicine or whether to see the patient again in the clinic.
What is the usefulness of this new way of doing medicine?
It is essential to shorten the time because after the first visit and the prescription of the exams, it is possible to immediately give a new appointment for the control of the same, without the patient going through the cup. In this way we have the opportunity to follow it with greater consistency and short deadlines.
How are patients reacting?
The reaction of patients to televisitis is certainly positive. In my experience I am finding very happy people to be followed home, supported by family members and not having to go to the clinic embarking on sometimes long and expensive trips.
