A virtual care innovation for home mechanical ventilation

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Figure 1:
The 6 pillars of the Long-Term In-Home Ventilator Engagement (LIVE) program.
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Figure 2:
Screen captures showing the features of the Long-Term In-Home Ventilator Engagement (LIVE) program. Reproduced with permission of Aetonix.
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Figure 3:
Geographic distribution of 251 partipants of LIVE program by forward sortation area (FSA) centroid. Map prepared by and reproduced with permission of Tom Fisher RRT, Feb. 16, 2021.

Table 1:

The telehealth components of the LIVE program9

Component	Description
Telemedicine	HMV and ON-VEP team members use information from secure messaging, workflows and ventilator data downloads to provide clinical management
Telecommunications	Two-way secure messaging via text, voice or video between patients, families and the health care team
Teleconsultation	Ad hoc consultation initiated by patients and families and provided by HMV and ON-VEP team members for management of clinical symptoms or ventilator troubleshooting
Telemonitoring	Cellular connectivity and Bluetooth transmission of ventilator data downloads
Teletherapy	Ad hoc consultations and interpretation of ventilator data downloads can lead to changes in prescribed ventilator settings
Teleconference	Three-way audio and video calls that can be initiated by patients, families or the health care team
Telecoaching	Counselling and troubleshooting that is provided by a member of the HMV team if the ventilator data downloads show poor adherence to therapy