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Groups launch national study on telehealth in home care
HealthLeaders News Brief, May 1, 2007
Three organizations announced the kick-off of the Philips National Study on the Future of Technology and Telehealth in Home Care. Sponsored by Philips Consumer Healthcare Solutions, and co-sponsored by the National Association for Home Care and Fazzi Associates, the study is designed to generate industry-wide insights into the use of technology and telehealth by the full range of home care agencies.
“Our goal is to provide home care leaders with the first real objective assessment of what is happening in terms of adoption, successes and challenges of major types of technology now being used in the home care field,” said Michael Lemnitzer, senior director, Philips Consumer Healthcare Solutions. “We want to generate useful insights, based on market research, that enable easier, more educated decisions for home care leaders on the use of technologies such as telehealth in the delivery of services.”
Philips’ sponsorship of the study followed an earlier survey by Fazzi Associates of Home Care Association leaders. “Association leaders were asked to rate the importance and need for five different studies,” said Dr. Robert Fazzi, president of Fazzi Associates, the national consulting, benchmarking and research firm that will be conducting the study. “A study on the present and future uses of technology was by far the number one choice of both association and home care leaders.”
The results will be presented at the National Association of Home Care’s National Meeting in October 2007.
“Our goal is to provide home care leaders with the first real objective assessment of what is happening in terms of adoption, successes and challenges of major types of technology now being used in the home care field,” said Michael Lemnitzer, senior director, Philips Consumer Healthcare Solutions. “We want to generate useful insights, based on market research, that enable easier, more educated decisions for home care leaders on the use of technologies such as telehealth in the delivery of services.”
Philips’ sponsorship of the study followed an earlier survey by Fazzi Associates of Home Care Association leaders. “Association leaders were asked to rate the importance and need for five different studies,” said Dr. Robert Fazzi, president of Fazzi Associates, the national consulting, benchmarking and research firm that will be conducting the study. “A study on the present and future uses of technology was by far the number one choice of both association and home care leaders.”
The results will be presented at the National Association of Home Care’s National Meeting in October 2007.
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