“Patients with lung problems on the Isle of Bute are using medical “homepods” to avoid being admitted to hospital.
The devices have been fitted in the homes of 15 patients who suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – which causes breathing problems.
They allow clinicians to remotely monitor health and decide when hospital admission is required.
Health officials said the trial had cut air ambulance missions and the number of days patients spent in hospital.”
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Eleanor Bradford, BBC Scotland, 20 January 2010
