{"id":1296,"date":"2021-12-03T20:21:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T20:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romeorichards.com\/healthcare-reforms\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2022-11-11T14:18:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T14:18:56","slug":"the-case-for-driving-technology-to-patients-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romeorichards.com\/healthcare-reforms\/the-case-for-driving-technology-to-patients-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The Case For Driving Technology To Patients Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, I experienced blood\u00a0clots after taking a certain medication.<\/p>\n

As some of you may be aware, blood clots can lead to stroke, heart attack or even death.<\/p>\n

I knew my blood was clotting because I took my INR reading after feeling dizzy<\/p>\n

INR is a test used to measure the time blood takes to thin<\/p>\n

Over the years, I had realised, whenever I felt dizzy, it was either because my INR was below or above the recommended level.<\/p>\n

Imagine the consequences if I did not own a self testing machine, I would have probably be frequenting the Accident and Emergency (A&E).<\/p>\n

Many people probably frequent the A & E because of they do not own a self testing machine.<\/p>\n

Self Testing Saved My Life<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"Being a high risk patient, I was able to bunker in at home during the pandemic because I had the ability to self test.<\/p>\n

I shudder to think what would have happened to me if I was forced to attend the testing clinic.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s quite possible that lots of people missed their test because the clinics where shut, which in some cases might have been fatal.<\/p>\n

And there were those who were forced to risk their lives to attend the testing clinic in the middle of the pandemic because they had no other option<\/p>\n

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Benefits of Self Administer Technology to Society<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"So, how does driving technology to patients\u2019 homes help society?<\/p>\n

I am writing this article on Thursday, October 14, 2021.<\/p>\n

Reports have circulated that rising numbers of people have been waiting in excess of four hours at A & E; this is apparently the worst waiting period since records have been kept.<\/p>\n

No doubt, hospital administrator will pin the blame on the Coronavirus.<\/p>\n

The reality is, long waiting lists and lengthy wait time at the A & E have been the norm for decades.<\/p>\n

But there is a simple solution\u2026<\/p>\n

The solution is: driving technology to the\u00a0 A & E…<\/p>\n

It is riving technology to GP practices\u2026<\/p>\n

And finally, driving technology to patient homes.<\/p>\n

Think about decades prior when diabetes patients\u00a0did not have the means to test their blood sugar level.<\/p>\n

Think about the difference diabetic self- testing has had on patients and the healthcare system.<\/p>\n

Most of the waiting that takes place at the A & E is for test results.<\/p>\n

Think about the difference in wait time for test results\u2026. And think about how dramatically even that can be reduced with the availability of simple scanning technologies in every A & E.<\/p>\n

Or let\u2019s go even further.<\/p>\n

What difference would accrue if all GP practices were fitted with scanning technologies?<\/p>\n

Think about the numbers of early detected cancers.<\/p>\n

Then, if we went even further by driving technology to patient homes.<\/p>\n

Can you imagine the difference that would make to healthcare?<\/p>\n

The UK government has allocated 34 billion pounds to National Health Service (NHS) for the next three years in a bid to tackle the backlog created by coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Will that make a difference?<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n

Throwing money at a problem that does not stem from financial issues will not solve that problem<\/p>\n

But it seems that\u2019s the only way politicians know how to tackle\u00a0problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently, I experienced blood\u00a0clots after taking a certain medication.<\/p>\n

As some of you may be aware, blood clots can lead to stroke, heart attack or even death.<\/p>\n

I knew my blood was clotting because I took my INR reading after feeling dizzy<\/p>\n

INR is a test used to measure the time blood takes to thin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romeorichards.com\/healthcare-reforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romeorichards.com\/healthcare-reforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romeorichards.com\/healthcare-reforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romeorichards.com\/healthcare-reforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romeorichards.com\/healthcare-reforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1296"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.romeorichards.com\/healthcare-reforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4455,"href":"https:\/\/www.romeorichards.com\/healthcare-reforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296\/revisions\/4455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romeorichards.com\/healthcare-reforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romeorichards.com\/healthcare-reforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romeorichards.com\/healthcare-reforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romeorichards.com\/healthcare-reforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}