What is TEC?
The Technology Enabled Care (TEC) programme is part of the Scottish Governments Digital Health and Care Directorate and is guided by the overarching Digital Health and Care Strategy. The programme focuses on public facing digital solutions where outcomes from individuals in home or community settings are improved through the application of technology as an integral part of quality, cost effective care and support to look after more people at home.
Your local TEC Team are based within Ailsa Hospital, Ayr and can be contacted via Telehealthcare@aapct.scot.nhs.uk
Patient Story
What is Connect Me?
Connect Me is the new name for a variety of services or options which may be offered as a means for an individual to interact and communicate with their healthcare professionals. Some of these services were known by various names in recent years such as Remote Health Pathways; Remote Health Monitoring; Home and Mobile Health Monitoring or Telehealth.
Remote Health Pathways (RHPs)
We are currently using RHPs in Primary (GP Practice) and Acute (Hospital) Care.
These have been designed in partnership with clinicians and specialist nursing teams.
Primary Care
- COPD Self-management (aimed at providing up to date information about COPD and self-management and providing useful links for future use)
These pathways have been developed to provide up to date relevant information to GP Practices to allow them to carry out annual reviews for patients with long term conditions.
- Multi Long Term Conditions Review (Targeted at those patients with LTC to collate annual review assessment data and then triage them to the necessary level of care)
- COPD Review
- Asthma Review
- Epilepsy Review
- Depression Review
- Contraceptive Pill Review
- BP Scale Up (Targeted at those patients suspected or diagnosed with hypertension to monitor them remotely. Diagnosis, titration & long-term management)
Acute Care
NHS Ayrshire & Arran mobile app
A wealth of health information at your fingertips.
Click here to read more about the NHS Ayrshire & Arran mobile app and you can view the flyer here.
The app is available to download in your appstore.
Apps currently available have been developed by the relevant services and provide information to patients at the touch of a button:
Health Weight Ayrshire
Dental
Paediatric Training
Alcohol and Drugs
Adult Diabetes
Autism, ADHD, FASD, Learning Disability Info
Ayrshire Children’s Diabetes
Helping you manage your COPD
Mental Health
Speech & Language Therapy
Dementia – Post Diagnostic Support
Life After Intensive Care
Ayrshire Bairns (Health Visiting)
Green Health
Pain Management
Kardia Devices
All GP practices and specialist cardiac services have the use of a kardia device.
This portable ECG reader can detect unusual rhythms in your heart such as atrial fibrillation (AF).
What is NHS Near Me?
Near Me / Attend Anywhere is a safe and secure NHS video calling platform that helps us to offer video call access to our services from wherever you are, without travelling – bringing care closer to you.
Click here for more information on NHS Near Me.
Link to National TEC Team – https://tec.scot/