3. Smart Indicators 3.6 Smart Living e‐Health. Remote home control or alarm systems for patients
Other e‐Health benefits include the possibility of remote home access services, tele‐alarm systems (particularly useful in the case of elderly patients) or TV patient monitoring, used to control vital signs. Of the 23 cities (4 in Africa, 7 in Latin America, 1 in Asia and 11 in Europe) that responded to the question, only 35% of them offered citizens access to a remote home control or tele‐alarm system as a measure to monitor patients.
In the case of Latin America, these services are not yet widespread and are only available in 17% of the cities; Mexico City. By contrast, in Europe, this service is becoming more accessible, as 55% of the cities offer its citizens these services, such as Madrid, Helsinki, Lappeenranta, Bilbao, Malmö and Le Havre. In Taipei, this service is also available to the public. Below are some experiences developed by cities.
Regarding the analysis of the information by region, it is noteworthy that none of the cities in Africa offer its citizens these services.
% of cities in which some type of remote home monitoring system is available, by region
Does your city offer any remote home monitoring or alarm system to oversee patients?
100%
No 15 cities 65%
100%
90% 80% 70% 60% 50%
55%
40%
Yes 8 cities 35%
30% 20% 10%
0%
14%
0%
Africa
Latin America
Asia
Europe
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