Senior Friend Home Care Named "Agency
of Choice"
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addition to general homecare services, Senior Friend is the “Agency
of Choice” for the telehealth HomMed system. We are the only
agency with the capability in this area. We have partnered with
HomMed and are utilizing the innovative HomMed health monitoring
system in selected patients’ homes. Each day, the monitor
will collect subjective and clinical data such as:
- Heart rate
- Blood pressure
- Oxygen Saturation
- Temperature when necessary
- Weight
 Peripherals
such as a glucose meter, spirometer and a PT/INR system can be attached
for specialized patients. Each morning the monitor talks the patients
through the process (taking approximately five minutes), then automatically
transmits the data to our office where our staff will clinically
review their condition and respond appropriately.
We can then fax the physical a graphic trend of the patients’
vital signs the morning of a doctor appointment. In addition if
there is a question about the vital signs, we would be in touch
with the patient and/or the physician. This has shown to drastically
reduce emergency room visits and repeat hospital admissions allowing
our clients to remain in their own home or apartment longer. The
HomMed Health Monitoring System has the federal food and drug administration
(FDA)’s 510-K Class II status approval.
Who Can Benefit?
The HomMed Health Monitoring System was designed to
provide optimal senior care management, senior health monitoring and a better
quality of life for people who
are concerned about their health or who are living with health conditions.
The HomMed System provides users with the best of both worlds: the
comforts and independence of staying at home, and the security and
peace of mind of daily health monitoring and proper medical attention.
The HomMed System can benefit anyone with a chronic
illness or any other health condition, or routine elderly
care that needs frequent monitoring. Patients who live
far from treatment facilities or who have difficulties making regular
visits to their doctors' offices are assured of consistent monitoring
and prompt medical attention should the need arise.
The HomMed System is ideal for all people who want
to:
• Take an active role in their health.
• Maintain their independence.
• Sustain an active lifestyle.
• Monitor their health daily.
• Have confidence that they are in good health.
• Make a difference in how they live their lives.
• Participate in their senior retirement plan
With the HomMed System, patients are able to take
ownership of their health care and personalize their senior
care management. Not only are they more aware of any health
changes and their causes, but they are also assured that timely
and proactive medical care will be provided if necessary.
Some conditions that HomMed is ideally suited to monitor:
- Senior health monitoring
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Diabetes
- Asthma
- Hypertension
- Preeclampsia
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 HomMed
LLC was founded by Herschel "Buzz" Peddicord. His 27 years
of experience in the medical device industry, along with a strong
understanding of the dynamics of health care delivery, provides
the driving force necessary for HomMed LLC to become a dominating
company in the medical device industry.
As a knowledge leader in the telehealth and health
status monitoring areas, HomMed LLC is dedicated to providing innovative
and cost effective solutions to health care and senior care
management. The company was founded with the goal of significantly
reducing health care costs in the world while simultaneously allowing
chronically ill people to spend more time at home and less in hospitals.
People who desire the security of knowing that, "someone
is watching over them every day" are anxious to use this device. Elderly care at its finest.
Use of the HomMed Health Monitoring System will reduce
Emergency Department visits and hospital admissions in addition
to length of stay. Furthermore, it has been clearly demonstrated
that the use of the HomMed System, combined with a clinical disease
state management program, will reduce costs substantially. The challenge
HomMed faces is to continue to develop its new lower-cost products
and cutting-edge telemonitoring technologies to make home telehealth
a standard. An often over-looked part of senior retirement.
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