<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">For those of you interested in home monitoring...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Honeywell HomMed</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hommed.marketing@honeywell.com">hommed.marketing@honeywell.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:07 AM<br>Subject: Case Study: Reducing Readmissions for High-Risk Cardiac Patients<br>To: <a href="mailto:csbritain@gmail.com">csbritain@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><u></u>




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<div style="text-align:left"><br> <span style="font-size:12px;color:#333333">Expanding access to its successful telemonitoring program helped the VNA of Rockford, Ill. lower readmission rates to as low as 4% for high-risk patients being treated for chronic heart failure at Rockford Memorial Hospital.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:12px;color:#333333"><span>VNA staff and hospital cardiologists developed a new</span> <a href="http://info.hommed.com/Y0o0j0V47000T002LBS0bJ0" target="_blank">Heart & Vascular Program</a>, which established monitoring protocols & standards for all patients treated for CHF, including those who did not qualify for telemonitoring under Medicare guidelines.</span></div>
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<div style="color:#797979;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px;color:#000000"><span style="color:#de0031"><strong>  Success Factors</strong>:</span></span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#333333;font-size:12px;line-height:12pt">A transition coach to assist patients</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#333333;font-size:12px;line-height:12pt">Customized monitoring parameters to enable a fast & targeted response to each patient's symptoms.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#333333;font-size:12px;line-height:12pt">LifeStream remote patient monitoring software to easily implement unique patient monitoring plans for all CHF patients.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:#333333;font-size:12px;line-height:12pt">Long-term monitoring to encourage healthy behaviors and patient engagement.</span></div>
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<p><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal">Since the program began, CHF readmission rates have been reduced by half, demonstrating highly successful outcomes for participants.</span></p>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:12px;color:#333333"><a title="Read our Case Study" href="http://info.hommed.com/Y0o0j0V47000T002LBS0bJ0" target="_blank">Click here</a><span> to read the case study or </span></span><span style="color:#333333;font-size:12px">contact me at <a href="tel:1-888-353-5440" value="+18883535440" target="_blank">1-888-353-5440</a> or <a href="mailto:hommed.marketing@honeywell.com" target="_blank">hommed.marketing@honeywell.com</a>.</span></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:#333333;font-size:12px"><br>Regards,<br>Honeywell HomMed</span></div>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Catherine S. Britain, Program Director</div>
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