Healthcare Review

In 2001, Lake Sunapee Region Visiting Nurse Association in New London, NH, became the first home health agency in New Hampshire to implement telemedicine, a program which benefited nearly 300 individuals in 2005. Small, easy-to-use HomMed units are installed in patient homes to monitor vital signs and other health status indicators on a daily basis. With an expansive, rural service area of more than 1,600 square miles and a shortage of nurses and other clinical staff, this out of the box solution was envisioned and pioneered by agency President and CEO Andrea Steel.