Health and care Benefit
Better Access to Care Benefit
e.g. Hospital and GP bookings via Digital TV, Health Kiosks, remote clinics, texting test results
Better Prevention of ill health Benefit
e.g. Telecare falls detectors, telehealth equipment to help people manage crhonic conditions at home etc
Enhanced health Benefit
e.g. Text based encouragement to quit smoking, improved access to health information, health kiosks (Sunderland)
Enhanced mental health Benefit
e.g. Threapy delviered via online chat - eclinic Doncaster PCT, computer based programmes -beating blues, fear fighter
Enhanced support for people with disabilities Benefit
e.g. video sign language service to access services for deaf, or text based service for deaf/ hard of hearing, robobraille to trsanslate braille documents to speech
Faster access to Treatment and Drugs Benefit
e.g. ePrescriptions, texting test results, single telephone numbers and internet sites e.g. NHS Direct/ Choices
Improved access to Health information Benefit
e.g. NHS Choices, Helath Information Kiosks
Improved Choice and Convenience Benefit
e.g. GP bookings on DiTV
Improved Effectiveness of Treatment Benefit
e.g. Supplementary online therapy has been shown to increase effectriveness of treatment for cases of depression
Improved satisfaction among patients Benefit
e.g. Patient Opinion empowers patients allowing them to provide feedback which supports service improvement
Improved Social Care Benefit
e.g. Telephone based care monitoring service in Newham, or Nottingham service for instant feedback to control centre after social care visit
Improved Support for Health Workers Benefit
e.g. 'Blackberries' for Ambulance workers ..
Improved support for Independent living Benefit
e.g. Telecare and telehealth equipment helps people to live independently in their own homes
Improved Support for Social Workers Benefit
e.g. Remote case handling - digital pen and paper (Leeds)
Improved Support for those with addictions Benefit
e.g. Addictions UK cognitive behaviour therapy support via SMS
Increased Job Satisfaction among health and care workers Benefit
e.g. Falls detectors reduce fall call-outs among ambulance workers - so they can focus on value added activities that befit their skills