Huma’s virtual ward platform is
transforming patient care
‘Remote monitoring changed my life after a triple heart bypass’
The Times reports how our medical device platform helped patients, including David Watkins (69), by preventing hospital readmissions and getting people home sooner using data collected through our app.
Remote cardiac monitoring provides a new lease of life for Welsh patients
Two Welsh health boards and Life Sciences Hub Wales tested our remote monitoring technology. During the pilot programme one health board saw a 74% reduction in the time needed to optimise patients’ medications and a 19% drop in the number of outpatient appointments. Overall, 10% of patients avoided readmission to hospital and 82% of escalated cases were identified because clinicians saw data via the app.
A patient’s perspective
“One of my greatest joys has always been to play the drums - I’ve played all my life - but my health put a stop to that. Thanks to the app, I’m well enough to play again, and that means everything to me.”
Our remote monitoring medical device platform is used by 20+ NHS sites to help increase clinical capacity, reduce hospital bed day pressures and improve patient care and outcomes by avoiding unnecessary admissions and supporting people to return home from hospital sooner.
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Shorter inpatient length of stay seen with patients on Huma’s digital virtual ward platform1
Huma’s platform has helped lead to >30% lower hospital readmission rates2
Our platform has been shown to almost double clinical capacity2 helping teams cope with workforce pressures
Hospitals had 3-4x lower mortality rates in wards using Huma’s technology during the COVID-19 pandemic1
Huma's digital virtual ward platform helped spot the 10% of at-risk / deteriorating cardiac waitlist patients, of which 88% had their surgery prioritised4
Our prize-winning design results in high adherence and retention rates of 90 - 95%5
Our intuitive and accessible technology caters to a wide age range, and 40% of Huma’s users are aged 60 - 80 years old5
Patient App
How do we support NHS patients?
Patients on our digital virtual ward platform access a digital care plan that has been configured for their needs by NHS clinical teams so they can be monitored and cared for at home, rather than being in hospital or needing to attend face-to-face appointments. Huma’s technology helps put people in charge of their own health and healthcare, working together with their clinical teams, and supported by authoritative educational content. Fully 99.7% of patients find the Huma app useful.1
Vital signs
Patients can use their phones and connected devices to capture and monitor health vitals safely and remotely.
Timeline of tasks
Patients are given a timeline outlining the tasks they need to complete and receive timely reminders.
Symptoms
Patients can log their symptoms and their severities through the app which can help clinical teams identify signs of worsening health condition.
Educational content
We support patients with educational content about their symptoms, care and treatment drawn from trusted sources.
Telemedicine
Patients can receive additional support from their clinical team through secure video and audio consultations alongside secure messaging.
Questionnaires
The app can provide validated (or bespoke) clinical questionnaires, for example the Oxford Knee Score, EQ-5D, Global Health Score and Promis CAT.
Connected devices
Physiologic and other data can be collected passively from the phone’s sensors, via connected devices or by manual data entry.
Patients can use their phones and connected devices to capture and monitor health vitals safely and remotely.
Patients can receive additional support from their clinical team through secure video and audio consultations alongside secure messaging.
Patients are given a timeline outlining the tasks they need to complete and receive timely reminders.
The app can provide validated (or bespoke) clinical questionnaires, for example the Oxford Knee Score, EQ-5D, Global Health Score and Promis CAT.
Patients can log their symptoms and their severities through the app which can help clinical teams identify signs of worsening health condition.
Physiologic and other data can be collected passively from the phone’s sensors, via connected devices or by manual data entry.
We support patients with educational content about their symptoms, care and treatment drawn from trusted sources.
Web based portal for NHS clinicians
How do we support NHS
healthcare professionals?
We help people return home sooner, under the care of their clinical teams to free up bed days and increase clinical capacity. We aid clinical decision making by providing NHS care teams with real-time visualisation of patient data through a web-based portal. The portal features automated flagging systems, trend visualisation and telemedicine for direct communication.
The NHS Trusts we work with
Huma's digital virtual ward platform is established across 20+ NHS primary, community and secondary care sites. Our library of configurable modules enables the same remote monitoring platform to be used for people with long-term conditions (e.g. heart failure, diabetes) and co-morbidities as well as across surgical pathways and through acute episodes such as COVID-19 / respiratory infection.
Supporting people with heart failure in Wales
“With Huma’s technology, it’s easy for us to spot when a patient’s signs and symptoms are heading in the wrong direction. This allows us to respond sooner, for example by changing their medication, or bringing forward their next appointment.”
Covid 19 Digital Virtual Wards in North West London
Supporting the NHS with elective recovery
Regulatory, safety and compliance
ISO certifications
- ISO 13485: 2016 certified (Medical Devices: Quality Management Systems)
- ISO 27001: 2013 certified
Medical device registrations
- CE marked class I Medical Device
- Registered with the MHRA as a Medical Device
- US FDA Class I exempt and enforcement discretion
Data protection /
infosec
- Committed to GDPR compliance
- NHS Registration on Data Security and Protection Toolkit
- CyberEssentials / CyberEssentials Plus
US FDA 21 CFR compliances
- Part 11
- Part 50
- Part 820 ff
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Sources
1. Lim, A. et al. (2022) An Outpatient Management Strategy Using a Coronataxi Digital Early Warning System Reduces Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mortality Open forum infectious diseases 9(4), ofac063 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac063
2. NHSX report: https://www.nhsx.nhs.uk/covid-19-response/technology-nhs/huma-medopad-evaluation-remote-digital-care-platform/. The full report is available on request
3. Obika, BD et al. (2021) Implementation of a mHealth solution to remotely monitor patients on a cardiac surgical waiting list: service evaluation JAMIA Open 4 (3) DOI: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooab053
4. From a range of data from across a number of Huma projects
5. Shah, S.S. et al. (2021) A prospective observational real world feasibility study assessing the role of app-based remote patient monitoring in reducing primary care clinician workload during the COVID pandemic. BMC Fam Pract 22, 248. DOI: 10.1186/s12875-021-01594-7