Using Ipads attached to a trolley and some self monitoring equipment, GPs are operating morning 'virtual ward rounds' as part of a preventative programme to explore whether unplanned admissions can be reduced by the offer of regular virtual contact with doctors.
The scheme does not replace the weekly on site visits and will be used to offer general health and wellbeing advice to residents - not diagnosis.
The project is part of a technology enabled care programme developed by the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network and managed by Dr Ruth Chambers, digital clinical lead for the programme.