Introduction
chronic disease, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Chronic disease, chronic respiratory disease
CHRONIC DISEASES, CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE, DISEASES, CHRONIC DISEASE, CHRONIC DISEASE
Chronic disease prevalence and associated costs are a burden for many health systems [The social and economic burden from chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and chronic respiratory disease is high and growing [Recently, there has been a rapid growth in telehealth technologies to diagnose, prevent, and manage chronic disease in an out-of-hospital environment. There is evidence that these new technologies have increased patients’ Quality Of Life (QOL) [Telehealth has been advocated in managing a range of chronic conditions to reduce hospital admissions, improve self-care and improve QOL [A challenge to the successful implementation of telehealth interventions is identifying the patient population likely to benefit most in terms of a reduction in hospitalisations and/or an improvement in health outcomes. Cost-effectiveness is more likely to be demonstrated in a patient population that is at high risk of hospital readmission in a subsequent period.Barwon Health Personalised Health Care (PHC) intervention is a telehealth remote patient monitoring program that aims to improve the capacity of people with chronic diseases to manage their diseases at home [