Aerotel Medical Systems, one of the world's leading manufacturers of advanced telemedicine and remote monitoring solutions, has signed an agreement with T-Care Conhecimento e Saúde SA, an emerging telehealth and telecare service provider in Portugal.

As part of the contract, T-Care will distribute Aerotel's advanced remote monitoring products and associated software in Portugal.

The agreement will help T-Care in offering its clients the most advanced range of telemedicine and home care services, which include tele-assistance and tele-cardiology. These solutions help healthcare organizations such as hospitals, private and public healthcare institutions in providing their patients with an easy and efficient way to determine their health condition. The company has set-up a modern remote monitoring call center in the city of Vila Real, in the North of Portugal with Aerotel's technical assistance.

The advanced telemedicine and telehealth solutions include:

TCareCuidados:
Medi-CliniQ -- A multi-patient data communication hub and acquisition center that is designed for public places like community clinics, assisted living, pharmacies, etc. It helps in the transmission of clinical values to a medical center over the Internet. These values include electrocardiogram (ECG), blood pressure, pulse oximeter, blood glucose level, weight, etc.
Homecare data communication hubs -- Connects multiple medical sensors in the home for chronic care & disease management by transmitting the data to a medical call center through regular phone lines (Tele-Modem) or over the Internet (Connect-LAN). This solution offers the best TCO for home monitoring of medical parameters. It is also the best means to monitor chronically ill patients.

TCareCoração:

HeartView -- It’s the market’s smallest professional 12-lead ECG Transtelephonic Recorder/Transmitter. It helps in the transmission of comprehensive ECG data from anywhere and at any time, over the phone, to the Aerotel's Heartline Receiving Station for immediate diagnosis.

HeartOne -- It is a single lead, easy-to-use, ultra-compact ECG recorder/transmitter. A portable solution, HeartOne is capable of maximizing patient mobility. Moreover, it is small enough to fit into one’s pocket. This makes it readily available whenever needed. The recorded results can be transmitted to the Heartline Receiving Station (HRS) via any standard telephone.

Cardiac Loop Event Recorders -- The user-friendly loop event recorders (1 or 2 lead models) offer accurate documentation of transient cardiac symptoms. Subsequently, it helps in long-term transtelephonic monitoring of cardiac activity.

Call Center Receiving Solutions -- A wide range of remote receiving solutions for medical monitoring with the help of powerful software tools. These are developed for healthcare service providers and monitoring call centers that support multiple home care and mobile care users in remote locations.

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SKeeper -- It is a wearable Personal Safety Alarm Phone. SKeeper is a cellular communicator device designed by Aerotel to help elderly people, children or lone workers to remain in touch with their relatives or caregivers. In doing so, they can receive immediate help from a tele-assistance center with round the clock human response.

These advanced monitoring solutions also incorporate Aerotel's web integration tool. Patients or doctors can gain remote access to data stored in the patient database, from anywhere, with the help of this tool. These software programs enable the optimization of disease management programs. This is achieved by helping healthcare providers to review and share relevant patient information from anywhere. Additionally, they enable healthcare providers to achieve and maintain long-lasting relationships with their patients and save costs significantly.

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