Remote Management of Hypertension

Getting Building Fund allocation of £300,000 has been awarded to Dorset NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to provide hypertension remote monitoring, together with education and support, to an identified group of people with hypertension.

Project Status - Completed

Start Date: September 2020
End Date: March 2022
Getting Building Fund allocation: £300,000
Awarded to: Dorset NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)

Project Summary:

Dorset LEP allocated £300,000 of the Getting Building Fund to Dorset NHS CCG to provide hypertension remote monitoring, together with education and support, to an identified group of people with hypertension.

The overall vision for Dorset’s Integrated Care System (ICS) for Dorset’s citizens is to have better access to services through alternative channels and innovative solutions to manage health and wellbeing; to empower people to manage their care in a better way. This project closely aligns with this ambition.

The objectives of the project were:

Using a population health management approach, identify patients at risk of hypertension in Dorset
Work with a med tech company to procure a digital solution to remote monitoring of hypertension
Provide personalised self-management approach to improve the management of hypertension within the population of Dorset, measured by patient activation measure (PAM)
Integrate the remote monitoring data into the current digital system, to include in care records and further population health management
Accelerate intervention where required to help someone stay healthier for longer
Increase in productivity through the ability for clinicians to assess patient data remotely without seeing the patient and swiftly make changes to patient’s care pathways where needed
To evaluate the impact of this in operational changes, savings, and cost avoidances

Expected Outcomes (by 2025):