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eHealth Service for Integrated Care and Outpatient Rehabilitation - Pilot Application of the Tyrol Stroke Pathway
Abstract
Background:
Stroke is one of third most common causes of death and the main cause for permanent disabilities. The Tyrol Stroke Pathway covers, all steps from stroke onset to outpatient rehabilitation.
Objectives:
The main objective of this paper is to describe how the paper-based documentation in the outpatient rehabilitation can be implemented in an eHealth service for integrated care.
Methods:
First a state analysis followed by a requirement analysis was performed. An interactive mock-up was designed for further discussion with the stakeholders. After the implementation of the system the evaluation was performed in two steps: feedback from a virtual test phase and a pilot operation was analyzed.
Results:
First experiences during the virtual test phase with key stakeholders of the therapy pathway showed a high level of acceptance. Users reported an improvement in the communication and documentation processes.
Conclusion:
Initial results illustrate how a shift from paper-based documentation to an integrated eHealth service can improve communication and documentation in an independent therapy network.
... In the course of implementation, the paper-based documentation was digitalized and an improvement in the documentation and communication processes was achieved [10]. The system, StrokeNet, has been continuously improved and enhanced since 2019. ...
... The overall system framework ( Figure 2) was designed with modular components and interfaces to existing service infrastructure. StrokeNet was implemented based on the KIT Telehealth Framework [10] (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH) and the Django web framework [11]. Access for system administrators and StrokeNet users can be provided with different permission controls via technically separate ports. ...
Background:
The Integrated Treatment Pathway Stroke Tyrol was introduced for the care of people after an acute stroke event and includes four phases: acute prehospital care, inpatient treatment, inpatient rehabilitation and ambulatory, outpatient rehabilitation. For the 4th phase, the ambulatory rehabilitation of patients after discharge, the ICT platform "StrokeNet Tyrol" was established.
Methods:
Requirements and processes along the pathway and between the interdisciplinary team were taken into account for implementation based on a modular software architecture. Flexible rights and role concept was developed to support efficient collaboration of the heterogenic professions.
Results:
The routine usage of 342 users with 8 different roles, 2,219 registered patient cases within the last 4 years and first results of the integrated benchmarking solution give a positive impression regarding feasibility and effectiveness.
Conclusion:
To this point, a comprehensive infrastructure for the Ambulatory Tyrolean Stroke Pathway has been established. Results from outcome analyses and comparative studies could help to further improve usability and to expand the area of application for other indications.
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