# Ontario hospital home-ventilation programs replaced in-person ventilator downloads with remote ones and follow patients through an app, with respiratory therapists among the clinicians

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20200501-respiratory-therapist-8
Date: 2020-05-01 · Stage: Deployment
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Occupation: https://flyvolo.ai/en/careers/respiratory-therapist

## Scope

Ontario, Canada. The programmes' own clinicians report that in May 2020 they launched the Long-term In-Home Ventilator Engagement programme on an e-platform, including regular questionnaires on symptoms and ventilator issues, remote Bluetooth downloading of ventilators instead of in-person downloads, and secure messaging, audio and video calls; 251 ventilator-assisted individuals were enrolled, and the clinicians included physicians, nurse practitioners and respiratory therapists. Outcomes reported are acceptability scores; the paper calls efficacy unproven and reports no change in therapists' hours.

## Source

- Amin R et al. (The Hospital for Sick Children and Ontario home-ventilation programs) — 'Opening the digital front door for individuals using long-term in-home ventilation (LIVE) during a pandemic', Digital Health 9 (published 7 November 2023) — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10631340/ (primary source)

## What this means

Home ventilation follow-up has moved partly onto remote data and calls, with therapists reviewing it.

## What it does not show yet

Acceptability results only, with no measure of therapists' time or of outcomes.

## How to verify it yourself

Open the Digital Health paper on the LIVE program (PMC10631340) and find "remote bluetooth downloading of ventilators".


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