Please note: we are finalising integration with Digital Scales and the information below will be updated soon.

During a Video Call consultation, you have the option to remotely monitor a patient using their blood pressure monitoring device in real time. Once you launch the Patient Monitoring Device application and instruct your patient to connect their bluetooth enabled monitoring device to the Video Call, you will see the results live in the call screen. You have the option to take a screenshot for the patient's record and you can export the data, if desired.

Please see below for instructions regarding supported devices and how to use the Patient Monitoring Device App to connect a patient's Bluetooth enabled device during a Video Call consultation. There is also information regarding browsers and manual entry of results.

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Information for health service providers

Supported digital scales

The following devices have been tested and are working with healthdirect Video Call for remote physiological monitoring.

iChoice S1
Seca robusta 813 bt
iHealth

 

 

For clinicians: viewing and downloading historical data from the monitoring device

Some monitoring devices have the ability to store historical data and this can be accessed during a Video Call. In this way you can view the data from the device to monitor your patient's health. We are testing the devices listed on this page and will update the information below when testing is complete. 

In the meantime, below is how to access History on a Pulse Oximeter device, if the device supports this function:

Join your patient in the Video Call and, when ready, click on Apps & Tools and then select Patient Monitoring Device.        Important:        Ask your patient to turn on their monitoring device but tell them not to place it on their finger. This is because you want to access the historical data, rather than live data.
Next, instruct your patient to click on Click Here to connect to your medical device.         Your patient will see a browser pop-up appear on their screen, allowing them to select their device and then click on Pair. This will connect their monitoring device to the Video Call via Bluetooth.        Please note: this is the view at the patient end.	UPDATE PIC
Once the monitoring device pairs, your patient will see the Bluetooth symbol on the device light up.         Remind them not to put the device on their finger but to leave it turned on.	UPDATE PIC
The historical data will be accessed and start sharing into the Video Call.         Click on the Take the snapshot button to take a screenshot of the results showing on the screen.

 

 

Quick reference guides and videos for clinicians and patients

Go to main Remote Patient Monitoring page