Joanne McGuigan
Home and Mobile Health Monitoring Nurse
15 January 2019
East Renfrewshire got off to a slow start in its implementation of Home and Mobile Health Monitoring (HMHM). Several different models were looked at. One suggested model was to have the Advanced Nurse Practitioners lead on HMHM, however, their already heavy workload prevented this model from going forward. Our HMHM journey finally got underway when a designated clinical lead was recruited. We created a new Flo hypertension pathway which was easy for our primary care partners to adopt, and developed a simple protocol which is user friendly for practitioners. We are now proud to be able to share that 87% of East Renfrewshire’s GP practices have signed up and are trained to recruit patients to Flo, and 100% of GP practices have agreed to use Flo to assist in the management of hypertension.
We have recently carried out an evaluation of Flo’s impact when used to assist in the management of hypertension. This was done as part of the national evaluation undertaken by Dr Helen Alexander, the purpose of which was to assess the outcomes achieved by Years 1-3 of Scotland’s Home and Mobile Health Monitoring Programme, and its success with scale-up, spread and sustainability.
| As well as receiving such fantastic feedback, patient comments also gave us a further insight into the impact that Flo had for them: “ It was excellent not having to miss work to attend the nurse to have my blood pressure checked. ” “ It was fantastic. It really reassured me because of my family history of high blood pressure. ” Alongside patients, a smaller number of health professionals were also surveyed; again, the results were fantastic, with 100% of those asked responding positively to the questions asked, including:
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