Green Virtual Care Tool

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How to use this site

This tool shows you the questions that will need to be answered to implement and maintain a sustainable Virtual Care System. You probably won't be able to answer all the questions by yourself, so identify the people that have the knwodlege and skills on the different areas covered by this tool and ask them the questions. They might be people in other departments or even some of the suppliers used by your organisation.

Beside the questions you will sometimes see an icon. Clicking on them will provide extra information. Below is a brief explanation of what each icon means:

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What are your plans for your Virtual Care Service?

Why should you ask this question It is important to consider these questions before you work through this tool. The exercise will allow you to determine potential ‘hot spots’ for the consideration of environmental impacts and help guide you through the questions to come.

ideas that you could try List or map all the groups of people that are going to use the VCS. Don't forget those prescribing and monitoring it such as health professional, in addition to patients and carers.

ideas that you could try List or map all the devices, services and infrastructures that will be needed for this virtual care service, and how they will interact with each other. Including those devices that may be supplied or used by the patient (e.g. phone, laptop)