Video Home Healthcare Service for Elderly and Disabled from Manisa City Hospital
Thanks to the online healthcare application implemented in Manisa, bedridden and disabled patients are monitored in the comfort of their homes.
With the online application launched by Manisa City Hospital Home Healthcare Services Unit, the treatment and follow-up processes of bedridden, elderly, severe psychiatric, and disabled patients are carried out via video calls without the need for them to go to the hospital.
Scope of Online Home Healthcare Service
The application implemented by Manisa City Hospital provides great convenience by eliminating the necessity of going to the hospital during the treatment processes of bedridden, elderly, severe psychiatric, and disabled patients.
Operation Process and Digital Tracking of the Application
In the first phase, healthcare personnel visit patients at their homes and perform a detailed physical evaluation. Afterwards, routine follow-ups are continued via the internet.
Thanks to the system, patients' pain conditions, nutritional patterns, fever levels, and changes in daily life activities are tracked instantly in a digital environment.
Patient Groups Benefiting from the Service
Individuals with ailments related to old age, patients with dementia, Alzheimer's, brain hemorrhage, and ischemic attack, as well as bedridden disabled individuals and severe psychiatric patients, can benefit from this application.
Report Issuance and Physical Interventions
Missing medications and nutritional formulas are identified through video calls. In appropriate cases, medical board reports or health documents are issued without the need for the patient to come to the hospital.
In cases requiring physical interventions such as injections, healthcare teams make direct home visits to perform the necessary intervention.
Current Data and Patient Comfort
Home Healthcare Unit Chest Diseases Physician Specialist Dr. Osman Altıparmak and Home Healthcare Unit Head Nurse Güler Yıldız stated that services are currently being provided to 1,040 patients. Officials emphasize that thanks to the application, patients do not experience the stress of transportation and their peaceful environment in the comfort of their homes is preserved.