Bangalore based specialty home care company Nightingales under Medwell Ventures has entered into a first of its kind partnership with global medical technology leader Philips Healthcare to provide specialized home respiratory care services to patients. These services will be made available in Bangalore with immediate effect and will be expanded to other metros as Nightingales expands its India footprint.
Bangalore based specialty home care company Nightingales under Medwell Ventures has entered into a first of its kind partnership with global medical technology leader Philips Healthcare to provide specialized home respiratory care services to patients. These services will be made available in Bangalore with immediate effect and will be expanded to other metros as Nightingales expands its India footprint.
Bangalore based specialty home care company Nightingales under Medwell Ventures has entered into a first of its kind partnership with global medical technology leader Philips Healthcare to provide specialized home respiratory care services to patients. These services will be made available in Bangalore with immediate effect and will be expanded to other metros as Nightingales expands its India footprint.
Bangalore, July 14, !14" In a move that signifes the transformation of Indian healthcare delivery and the growing importance of speciality home care, a global medical technology major and a speciality home care company are partnering to provide speciality respiratory care to patients at home. Bangalore based speciality home care company Nightingales under Medwell Ventures has entered into a frst of its ind partnership with global medical technology leader !hilips "ealthcare to provide speciali#ed home respiratory care services to patients. $hese services will be made available in Bangalore with immediate e%ect and will be e&panded to other metros as Nightingales e&pands its India footprint. 'espiratory disorders are growing at an alarming rate in India and more than ()) mn Indians su%er from some level of respiratory diseases. It is also estimated that *+ (*, of Indian population in the metros su%er from respiratory disorders. -mongst the many respiratory disorders ./!0 is a major cause of morbidity and mortality across the globe, according to 1"/ more than 2*mn people across the globe have moderate to severe ./!0 and it is one of the main causes of recurrent hospitalisation with a 3*, readmission rate putting tremendous cost burden on the patients on an ongoing basis. In India there are an estimated 4)mn patients with ./!0 and its increase is being contributed to factors lie under+diagnosis, poor continuity of treatment and inappropriate care at home. 5lobally one of the ey actions that has been used for ./!0 management is home ventilation. In India therefore there is a need to start constant speciali#ed care and monitoring at home with "ome ventilation and "ome o&ygen therapy. /ften patients lac this speciali#ed care at home, thereby aggravating the disease. If home+based professional medical care facility is provided to such patients then majority of critical complications can be averted. 6The escalating incidences of respiratory disorders and the need for continuous specialized care in many cases, makes home based respiratory- care services an indispensable aspect of disease management. The services ofered by Nightingales and Philips willenormously help the patients and their families, signicantly improving patient!s treatment outcomes and reducing recurrent hospitalizations in several cases,7 says leading pulmonologist, 0r.8.9. 9atish. :%ective home management of respiratory disorders starts with a customi#ed care protocol and plan for the patient, carefully prepared by the treating doctor. $he main components of the care plan include pulmonary medications, o&ygen therapy, non+ invasive ventilator support, pulmonary rehabilitation, breathing e&ercises, muscle enhancement;strengthening and secretion clearance techni<ues. Nightingales will provide all these services to its patients at home with the assistance of its profcient team of nurses and rehabilitation specialists. =nder the new partnership, Nightingales will tae its speciality home services for respiratory distress patients to an advanced level by maing respiratory gadgets lienon+invasive ventilator >NIV? and o&ygen concentrator from !hilips, available to the patients at their homes. Moreover, respiratory therapists and speciality nurses in pulmonology will be trained by !hilips as per world class protocols to wor in sync and provide the most advanced and e%ective treatment support to the patient. $he patient will also be registered at !hilips .all .entre where all the data of the patient will be stored. It will support patient education, promoting healthy behaviors and self+care, leading to improved clinical outcomes. $he .all .entre will also assign a nurse and respiratory therapist to each patient for regular visits and monitoring. -ny concern raised to the .all .entre by the patient shall be immediately resolved by the medical team. 'egular home visits by the medical personnel and follow+ups from the treating doctors will also be ensured. 1ith these advanced and protocol driven home respiratory+care facilities of Nightingales, patients with comple& respiratory disorders will be able to avoid fre<uent re+hospitali#ations and improve their <uality of life. /nly in case of very acute episodes@ the patient will re<uire hospital admission. $his will ensure a more cost e%ective and personali#ed approach to treat respiratory disorders by reduction in noA of days of hospitali#ation. 9peaing about this uni<ue tie+up where the best respiratory technologies from !hilips will enhance Nightingales home respiratory care services, Mr. Balit !ai, .:/, Nightingales says, 6This association marks a giant stride forward in home-based respiratory healthcare services ofered in "ndia. This partnership re#ects Nightingales focus of home based chronic disease management and providing patients a new avenue of care. Philips has a dedicated home care respiratory technology which will back the care protocols and together we will strive to provide a new level of respiratory care at home.$ #$out Nightingales %ellness Pri&ate 'imited" Nightingalesis IndiaCs leading home health company for the last (D years. !ost the recent ac<uisition of the company by Medwell Ventures it has a new focus of9peciality "ome "ealthcare services in chronic diseases in pulmonology, cardiology, neurology, metabolic diseases, orthopaedics, geriatrics and post+operative rehabilitation. -dditional services will include remote health monitoring, tele+health, diagnostics, rehabilitation and wellness therapeutics. It currently has more than *))) families in Bangalore subscribing to its annual care plans. In the coming years, Nightingales aims to establish a healthcare delivery networ in () Indian metro clusters and increase its subscriber base to over *)),))) families. #$out Philips Healthcare" It is a multi+national diversifed technology company, founded in (DE( and head<uartered in -msterdam. $he company is a leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare solutions and technologies. It also provides a wide array of complementary product o%erings in the area of respiratory care, and has been chosen (* times by the -merican -ssociation for 'espiratory .are >--'.? for the Fenith -ward, an award which credits e&cellence in products and service for the respiratory industry.