Bosch Healthcare Statement on Initial WSD Report in the BMJ

Bosch Healthcare Statement on Initial WSD Report in the BMJ PR Newswire LONDON, June 29, 2012 LONDON, June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UK telehealth experts provide additional insight into findings of the inaugural report of the Whole System Demonstrator Robert Bosch Healthcare welcomes the findings in the recent WSD report, which reaffirms telehealth's successful contribution to improving outcomes for patients with long term conditions. In more than 30 international studies, including several in the UK, Bosch Healthcare has provided evidence that telehealth enabled integrated care produces significant cost savings in addition to quality and clinical improvement. However, this initial report has also stated that the cost efficiencies are not as significant as has been hoped. According to Ileana Welte, UK Divisional Director at Bosch Healthcare, which currently participates in one of the largest telehealth programmes in the world, the findings are encouraging and should drive increased adoption of telehealth and telecare. She said: "It is a good start and shows that telehealth services could provide the NHS with improved clinical and efficiency outcomes that other health systems in the UK and the world benefit from. "Whilst this is a breakthrough study for telehealth in the UK, there are several mitigating factors that do need to be considered with regard to cost savings findings. "For example, telehealth devices and monitoring solutions varied amongst the study sites.