Siemens offers teamplay myCare Companion flexible telemedicine solution
Siemens is bringing a new and flexible telemedicine solution to the market with its teamplay myCare Companion software. The software enables remote care for patients with chronic diseases. The teamplay myCare Companion allows healthcare providers to design their own telemedicine programs and flexibly adapt the underlying technology to their needs.
The solution has initially been used at the German Heart and Diabetes Center in Bad Oeynhausen for the care of patients with chronic heart failure.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the occupational health and safety medical center at Mannheim University Hospital has been using teamplay myCare Companions’ documentation and communication components as a “coronavirus diary” for clinical. The staff records their health status every day and medical officers can respond quickly to any changes.
“Previously we used to receive piles of diaries in paper form, but now everything is nicely arranged for software to analyse”, said Dr. Margit Eisenbarth. medical officer. “Employees can enter their data conveniently via an app or website. That saves them valuable time, and we get an immediate overview.”
Wido Menhardt, Executive Vice President Digital Health at Siemens Healthineers, said: “Thanks to state-of-the-art telemedicine solutions like teamplay myCare Companion, a large number of patients can be cared for with a relatively low use of employee resources, and the number of unscheduled hospital visits can be reduced. That can substantially lower costs and is also conducive to better quality of life for chronically ill patients. Additional uses for the program that make life a little easier for medical officers and clinical employees in the current situation show just how flexible this software is.”
Teamplay myCare Companion basically consists of two components: an intuitive smartphone app for patients and a special workstation for medical care providers. Patients use the app to report their health status, wellness, the medications they’re taking, and their vital parameters to the nursing staff. Among other things, the program helps employees quickly identify patients whose state of health may have worsened. The attending doctors can then decidewhether a scheduled hospital visit should be moved forward or if more intensive remote medical care would be beneficial.
Siemens Healthineers supplies the software and supports healthcare providers with the design, installation, and operation of their own telemedicine centre. In addition, the company can assist with procurement of the measuring devices needed to monitor patients’ vital parameters at home (such as scales and blood pressure devices).
This telemedicine solution was developed in a partnership between Siemens Healthineers, the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), and TELBIOMED Medizintechnik und IT Service in Austria. The partners agreed to set up a global sales and development partnership at the beginning of 2020.
