Internal Reference Number: FOI_7348
Date Request Received: 02/08/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 09/08/2023 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Virtual Wards
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Definitions: 鈥� Virtual ward technology-enabled offers the management of patients via a digital platform to optimise the care of patients, support communication and enable the effective management of a patient鈥檚 condition. Patients may measure agreed vital signs where relevant and enter data into an app or website. 鈥� Telehealth equipment/kit includes smart devices, digital platforms, apps, and devices designed to help remotely monitor people who live at home. Technology-enabled virtual wards remote monitoring services contract(s): A. Is there a single remote monitoring services provider across all 黑料网 technology-enabled virtual wards, or are there multiple providers? B. Who is/are the contracted remote monitoring services provider(s) for technology-enabled virtual wards? C. Does the contract(s) cover only licenses or telehealth equipment/kit, logistics services, etc, if so, which ones are included? D. What is a contract(s) Value (拢)? E. What is the contract(s) Start Date? F. What is the contract(s) Length (in months, years, please specify the term)? G. Who is the contracting authority? H. Procurement type (e.g., direct award via CCS framework, call-off from a dynamic purchasing system, open procedure, etc.)? | |
| Answer To Question 1: 黑料网 NHS Trust does not have virtual wards | |
| Question Number 2: If there is no contract(s) in place, but technology-enabled virtual wards remote monitoring services are/were provided as a pilot programme, please provide the information: A. Is/was this pilot funded through the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB, or is/was the funding allocated directly through the 黑料网 or any collaboratives, if so, which one? B. Who is/was the selected remote monitoring services provided for this pilot? C. What is/was the pilot Value (拢)? D. What is/was the pilot Start Date? E. What is/was the pilot Length (in months, years, please specify the term)? | |
| Answer To Question 2: N/A | |
| Question Number 3: If there is a technology-enabled virtual ward remote monitoring service contract(s), but exemptions in FOIA protect the information due to the organisation entering a contract with a third-party contractor with confidentiality clauses (or on an expressly confidential basis). In that case, this shouldn鈥檛 prevent disclosure under transparency obligations, for example, to publish spend data, so please provide the following information: A. What is the Value (拢) spent on remote monitoring for virtual wards? B. What is the spent term monthly, quarterly, or annual? | |
| Answer To Question 3: N/A | |
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