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Nightingales and Philips Healthcare partner for

Specialized Home Respiratory Care


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.

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