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Description
The main objective of the project is to improve the access of 510 people (including 255 women) meeting the inclusion criteria, among whom there are at least 51 people (minimum 10%) originating from excluded areas (counties where the mean per capita income is lower than the national average) to health care benefits, mostly via telemedicine, according to the assumptions of model no. 1 “Cardiology.”
The aim of the project will be to develop a proposal to change the model of telemedicine cardiological care for patients with heart failure. According to the assumptions the pilot project will be coordinated by the National Institute of Cardiology which will cooperate with primary health care.
Activities identified under the project:
1) Information and promotion activities of the project including educational activities aimed at patients;
2) Implementation and testing of the internet platform;
3) Conducting a pilot project and constant supervision over the correctness of recruitment and implementation of the pilot with particular emphasis on the observance of the principle of equality of access to services, including IT services and legal services;
4) Training meetings with the medical staff of the project partners in particular in the use of the internet platform;
5) Commencement of the patient recruitment process and treatment of patients with heart failure:
a) medical / nursing visits
b) training on the use of the internet platform with the recommendation to use it for educational purposes, goals and assumptions of the project
c) home vital signs monitoring
d) patient satisfaction assessment
6) meetings with Heart Transplant Association named after Professor Zbigniew Religa;
7) project management.