Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is partnering with TytoCare, an all-in-one modular device and telehealth platform for on-demand, remote medical examinations.
The technology will be used to carry out remote examinations and diagnoses with a cohort of young patients with acute and worsening chronic conditions.
The three-month pilot with TytoCare will be evaluated by the Bradford team early in 2020 to assess its benefits to the cohort, and its potential for expansion to other patient groups.
TytoCare secured US FDA clearance in 2016, and CE Mark approval in 2019, Bradford Teaching Hospitals will be its first NHS customer.
Cindy Fedell, the Trust’s Chief Digital and Information Officer “This partnership between Tyto Care and ACE brings together two healthcare leaders. This ‘digital-first’ approach to care, where we put health in the hands and homes of patients, is a lynchpin of the NHS’s long-term telehealth plan.”
“It also marks a milestone in our journey of digital innovation, which is already gathering pace thanks to other ground-breaking projects now in place in Bradford. These include the launch of Europe’s first Command Centre to improve the flow of patients around our hospitals, and the appointment of our inaugural head of clinical artificial intelligence.”
The TytoCare solution provides a handheld, modular examination device that enables clinical grade physical exams of the heart, lungs, skin, ears, throat and abdomen, and measures body temperature and heart rate, to enable remote diagnosis of acute care situations.
During a virtual consultation, clinical visual and audio data is captured by the TytoCare device and transferred either online or offline to a clinician. The solution enables care providers to deliver a full, guided examination 24/7, as well as a one-to-one consultation easily, in real time or as a deferred, planned review by a remote clinician.
The clinician can also link to local pharmacies using TytoCare, where a prescription can be ordered, meaning that the child or young person can be managed entirely in their own home.
Dedi Gilad, CEO and Co-Founder of Tyto Care “Tyto was created with children and families in mind to deliver convenient and accessible medical care without compromising quality, all from the comfort of home. We’re looking forward to enhancing the incredible work Bradford and the ACE teams are doing with existing at-home care.”
