Heart Failure

Safely care for people with heart failure at home, not hospital

Heart failure can often cause emergency hospital admission and affect a person's quality of life. Clinitouch can help you to look after these patients at home. Whether you need to remote monitor patients long-term or on a virtual ward post-discharge.

90%

of COPD and heart failure patients said that Clinitouch helped them to self-manage their condition

3.3%

Relative reduction in diastolic blood pressure, from 70.6 to 68.3, 2.4mmHg-1

65%

Of patients said that Clinitouch helped them to not need to visit their GP

92%

Recommendation percentage using the NHS Friends and Family test

Service evaluation for COPD and Heart Failure patients using Clinitouch in Leicestershire (Apr – Nov 2020)

12-week evaluation in Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (2020)

Service evaluation for COPD and Heart Failure patients using Clinitouch in Leicestershire (Apr – Nov 2020)

Supporting people with heart failure to help them live longer since 2016

Build a fuller picture of patients' health by monitoring vital signs such as blood pressure. Clinitouch can help to spot early signs of deterioration whilst reducing emergency admissions and empowering patients to self-manage.

Supporting people with heart failure to help them live longer since 2016

Patient Stories

Clinician Story

"The clinical team value being able to case manage their patients by close monitoring, which should reduce the risk of them having an emergency hospital admission. Most importantly, patients will feel well supported."

Zoe Harris, Integrated Cardio-respiratory Lead at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Heart failure: Reducing face-to-face home visits

During the pandemic, community heart failure teams at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust needed new ways to care for their patients. Find out how Clinitouch helped to deliver continuity of care, maximise resources and help vulnerable patients.

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It's now really become embedded within our service

The COVID-19 pandemic saw Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust increase its use of digital technology, including for heart failure patients in the community. As featured in an NHSX case study, Joanne Szymkowiak, a heart failure specialist nurse, and Tanzeem Adam, a heart failure and respiratory rehabilitation team leader, reflect on how the technology has changed their ways of working.