World Kidney Day 11 March 2010

For Immediate Release

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World Kidney Day 11 March 2010

Tunstall Healthcare supports World Kidney Day on 11 March 2010 by creating a solution that can support people living with chronic kidney disease.

Tunstall is the world’s leading provider of telehealthcare, including the RTX telehealth monitor that assists people living with chronic illness to manage their condition from home.

Monitored by triage nurses and managed by the patients’ doctor, the Tunstall RTX telehealth monitor prompts the patient to take their vital signs before transmitting the data on to a monitoring centre to compare to the patients desired health parameters.

If the patients’ readings are outside their preset parameters they are passed on to their doctors for further analysis and intervention.

Telehealth provides ongoing health analysis and trend data that allow doctors to identify potential health crisis and intervene before they occur.

Tunstall offers a standard telehealth package for people living with conditions including chronic kidney disease that incorporates collection of weight, blood pressure and a series of intelligent health related questions.

The Tunstall RTX telehealth monitor is customisable to each individual patient with the ability to program questions that are relevant and insightful to the patient’s condition.

A 12 month pilot project recently conducted in Blackpool in the UK demonstrated the benefits of telehealth at supporting people living with chronic conditions; reducing hospital admissions by 75%, GP visits by 85%, and the need for home nursing visits by 43%.

Telehealth also provides independence for people living with chronic conditions like chronic kidney disease, allowing them to be safe at home and live as normal a life as possible.

To find out more about World Kidney Day visit www.worldkidneyday.org.

To find out more about telehealth and the Tunstall RTX telehealth monitor visit www.tunstallhealthcare.com.au or call 1800 611 528.

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