CASCADE baseline review of current partner technology enabled care service (TECS) initiatives and proposal for a collaborative evaluation strategy

This report covers D 3.3.1 and D3.3.2 of the CASCADE project providing a preliminary summary of existing telemedicine/telehealth technologies reported in the literature alongside an analysis of existing usage reported by partner sites PP2, 3, 5, 6 and 8. Partners were asked to provide information that addressed a series of questions summarised below. 1. What technology you are currently using and why? 2. When was the technology introduced and how is it being used with what kinds of populations of residents/patients/clients/staff including the reach (numbers)? 3. How much has this technology cost to be introduced (set up costs) and how much does it cost to run (running costs)? 4. What evidence has your organisation collected to date to show what beneficial impacts it is having and why? 5. What metrics does your organisation use to demonstrate the link between the technology and improvements in quality of life indicators for your client groups/staff groups (this may be Prezo/ Belrai/ InterRai data as well as staff wellbeing survey data) and feedback from relatives and families in satisfaction questionnaires? 6. What intentions, if any, do you have to expand or introduce new telemedicine/ e-health technologies? 7. What baseline financial figures do you have to support the introduction of the technology that you can share