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Why Choose Great Lakes TeleHealth?

With more Honeywell HomMed® TeleHealth monitors, Great Lakes Home Health and Hospice has immediate access to accurate daily updates on all important health data for their patients. This hospital-grade equipment means early diagnosis, nurse visits based upon immediate clinical need and a lower re-hospitalization rate than the national average. And it can save lives.

Other Great Reasons to Choose Great Lakes TeleHealth

• Great Lakes Home Health Services is the exclusive area provider using the industry leading HomMed® monitoring system
• HomMed monitors use Hospital Grade equipment to gather clinical data
• All home health care eligible patients are evaluated for appropriateness of TeleHealth monitoring
• Nurses are specially trained in TeleHealth monitoring
• Nurses have the time, mandate and technology to offer complete and individualized instruction and evaluations while daily monitoring is occurring
• Nurses and therapists have in-home access to all medical records and information via mobile computers, in addition to TeleHealth monitoring
• Registered Nurse is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Recognized by Medicare as one of the best home health care providers in Michigan

What can TeleHealth Monitor?

• Heart rate
• Blood pressure
• Weight
• Oxygen saturation
• Temperature
• Blood glucose level
• Spirometer
• Peak flow
• Prothrombin time/INR
• ECG rhythm

Diagnosis that May Benefit from TeleHealth

Great Lakes Home Health & Hospice monitors patients throughout their Medicare service area. The HomMed® system is unique in that it can monitor by telephone line or satellite via Skytel® if a phone is not available.

Diagnosis that may benefit from home TeleHealth monitoring include:

• Myocardial Infarctions
• Angina
• Angioplasty
• Pericarditis
• Valve Replacement
• Arrhythmias
• Coronary Artery Disease
• COPD
• CHF
• Emphysema
• Hypertension
• Hypotension
• Patients receiving anti-coagulant therapy
• Endocarditis
• Cardiomyopathy
• Heart Block
• Pneumonia
• Pacemaker
• Coronary artery bypass graft surgery
• Post-surgical patients
• CVA / Stroke
• Pleural effusion
• Bronchitis
• Diabetes