According to a trial at Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust, virtual care app MyRenalCare is supporting patients with long-term kidney disease to gain control of their own care, as well as increasing outpatient capacity by 30%.
The app has been used by over 1,200 chronic kidney disease patients in the care of Wessex Kidney Centre at Portsmouth Hospital over the last 12 months. The app supports patients to become more informed on their condition, monitor their health, and directly contact care teams, where necessary. Additionally, the app allows remote patient monitoring by clinicians, to support more informed decision making. Virtual consultations can also be facilitated through the app, which is helping to increase outpatient clinically capacity by up to 30%.
Furthermore, it has also been shown that MyRenalCare can reduce costs of outpatient renal appointments by up to 25% in Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust.
Dr Nick Sangala, kidney consultant at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and CEO of MyRenalCare, said: “With ever-increasing demand on our services, we wanted to transform the way we deliver our outpatient care.“The MyRenalCare app has helped more than 1,200 of our patients directly with managing their own condition, and meant that other patients waiting for referrals or urgent appointments are waiting less time, which means more positive health outcomes for all our patients.”
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