Horizon Health is Adding Tele-Health to our Array of Services
- By Horizon Health Services
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- 16 Mar, 2018
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Horizon Health is excited to offer Tele-Health to our Array of Services!
Remote Patient Monitoring
Tele-Health is Remote Patient Monitoring, which is the electronic transfer of health information that a client enters from the privacy of their own home. This wireless Bluetooth technology does not require additional internet connection and is easy to use.
The Goal of Remote Patient Monitoring: To help seniors live well in their own homes by monitoring vital signs and increasing communication with homecare staff.
Remote Patient Monitoring targets the most common chronic medical conditions such as COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), Heart Attack, CHF (Congestive Heart Failure), Pneumonia, Stroke or Diabetes.
It’s Easy to Use! With the Honeywell system in your home, the monitor will provide prompts for you to enter in your vital signs each morning including weight, blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen level, and glucose level.
Your Vital signs are then reviewed each day by a Trained Professional. Clients are notified of any significant vital sign changes outside of the normal parameters.
Remote Patient Monitoring has proven to decrease hospital admissions, ER visits, unscheduled clinic visits, and admissions to long term care facilities. Take charge of your own wellness. Let Remote Patient Monitoring be the tool to help you Live Well at Home! Contact Sally Brenny at 320-468-6451 or sbrenny@horizonhealthservices.com.
It is important to us at Horizon Health that we highlight our dedicated employees and help you learn more about the people who make our services great. In this edition of employee spotlight, you will meet Angie Athman, a licensed social worker for our hospice care, and Kelsey Benson, the care coordinator with Horizon Health.
All About Angie
With 12 years as a social worker under her belt, the last 6 of which have been spent working in hospice at Horizon Health, Angie Athman is a valued employee. Nevertheless, she is humble about her position. Angie says her favorite part of her job is the peace it brings her. She says working to serve the aging population is an honor and brings into perspective how precious life really is. While she does think working with end of life patients can be hard, Angie says she is grateful for Horizon’s supportive workplace where her coworkers are like family and the inspirational stories she hears from her elderly patients. When asked if there is anything she feels needs to be known about her position, Angie says that besides her job duties, she runs two caregiver support groups and provides community support to those nearing a hospice situation with a loved one. Angie invites anyone who could use her help to reach out to Horizon Health Hospice at 320-468-2788.
Keeping Up With Kelsey
Also a licensed social worker, our care coordinator Kelsey has done a fabulous job since starting at Horizon Health. Kelsey previously worked in a nursing home and enjoyed serving the elderly population. This led her to pursue social work at Horizon Health. She says her favorite part of her job is connecting families to resources they might not have otherwise had that make their lives easier. The rewarding part is making connections and helping people with compassion and a helpful heart. Kelsey says she really knows her elderly patients on a personal level and values building those relationships!
These two wonderful women make our hospice care more empathetic, more effective, and more supportive for our patients and their families. We are proud to shine a spotlight on Angie and Kelsey!
