Red Embedded Group has established Red Embedded Systems Ltd. with the goal of facilitating care through the use of video telephony. The video capability opens up a world of new possibilities for accessing health and social care and associated services from the home. The mission of this company is to partner with care organisations to enable the delivery of services that focus on outcomes.
By offering a managed service, supplying all of the infrastructure and technology necessary to deliver a successful service, the partner can concentrate on what they do best - deliver care.
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About Red Embedded Systems
Red Embedded Group are an SME based in West Yorkshire with an extensive pedigree in defining, developing and launching new digital consumer products. Having developed a video telephony product based on set top box technology for MyJoice in Sweden, a local application was found for similar technology with Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Hospital. Airedale NHSFT had pioneered the use of video conferencing technology, in a clinical setting, through work with prisoners. The value in the prison setting is clearly established against the costs of bringing consultants into the prison or moving inmates out.
The service to the prisons developed by Airedale NHSFT is based on professional video conferencing equipment similar to that used in a corporate setting. Using video it has been possible to reduce transfers of prisoners out of the prisons by 50-60% Airedale NHSFT have improved the care available to this ‘hard to reach’ group, whilst simultaneously reducing security risks to both, prison officers and the general public. Having proven that remote consultations can be achieved using video, the next stage was to bring care to patients in their own home.
In order to move the video capability into the home new technology was required that had the following features:
- Be secure and offer a protected, closed service
- Be very simple to use requiring no IT skills
- Deliver adequate video quality over domestic broadband
- Be lower cost, in volume, than the high-end teleconferencing and telepresence products
Red Embedded had the resources and capabilities to deliver a solution that included:
- Development of set top box technology that uses the TV as the interface
- Development of a simple, remote controller that works in cooperation with the user interface to make operation very simple
- Ability to optimise video and audio for low bandwidth connections
- Ability to manage manufacturing of consumer electronics products
- Customisation of the patient experience to deliver educational and interactive content on a per patient basis
Visual Care Systems
Red Embedded Systems has developed an innovative visual care system based on the Red Embedded Group’s set-top box videophone products, using our technical know-how to provide solutions for telemedicine, telehealth and assisted living initiatives.
Our existing product developments include a TV based video telephone system specifically designed for the international market to help older people keep in touch with friends, families, carers and healthcare professionals. Building on this experience, Red Embedded Systems has now secured support from the UK's Technology Strategy Board's Assisted Living Innovation Platform for further technology developments to help medical and healthcare professionals look after patients in their own homes.
Red Embedded Systems has been working in collaboration with Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Hospital and others to provide a system to deliver secondary care services using a Visual Care System. The system has been successfully used to allow diabetes patients to receive outpatient's consultations at home. It is also currently being used to support patients with respiratory disorder at home. This is both through outpatient calls and through calls into the regional hub.
Red Embedded Systems are committed to enabling care organizations including the NHS to make use of low-cost video-conferencing technology to deliver the care in a broad range of use cases. This has the potential to integrate care systems, deliver personalised and targeted care. Our service enable delivery of care services such as:
- Outpatient visits and virtual ward rounds
- Early supported discharge from hospital
- Care planning in cooperation with GPs
- Better communication between primary, secondary and social care
- Education through video and interactive content
- Medicine compliance through virtual visits
- Coaching and counselling
