Evaluation of a Telemonitoring System Using Electronic National Early Warning Scores for Patients Receiving Medical Home Care: Pilot Implementation Study

Cheng-Fu Lin   ^{1, 2, 3, 4} , MS, MD ;   Pei‐Jung Chang   ^{5, 6} , BS ;   Hui-Min Chang   ¹ , MS ;   Ching-Tsung Chen   ⁷ , MS ;   Pi-Shan Hsu   ⁸ , MD, PhD ;   Chieh-Liang Wu   ^{4, 9} , MD, PhD ;   Shih-Yi Lin   ^{1, 3, 4, 10, 11} , MD, PhD

¹ Center for Geriatrics & Gerontology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

² Division of Occupational Medicine, Department of Emergency, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

³ Geriatrics and Gerontology Research Center, College of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

⁴ Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

⁵ Home Health Care Agency, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

⁶ Department of Nursing, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

⁷ Computer & Communications Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

⁸ Department of Family Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

⁹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

¹⁰ Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

¹¹ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan