
336 | CHAPTER 19 Telenursing and Remote Access Telehealth
developed for groups of patients or populations, allowing for population-based
analyses of interventions. It is possible to gather trend information on COPD pa-
tients, patients of a particular physician,or all patients receiving a certain medication.
Triage
Most home telemonitoring systems set an acceptable range of values for an indi-
vidual patient when he or she is enrolled in the monitoring program. For example,
if oxygen saturation, blood pressure, or weight values go above or below predeter-
mined amounts, then the software alerts the appropriate party. More sophisticated
software looks ...