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History. Fraser Health was created in December 2001 as part of a province-wide restructuring of health authorities by the then-new BC Liberal government of Premier Gordon Campbell. It is the merger of three former health regions: Simon Fraser Health Region (SFHR), South Fraser Health Region, and the Fraser Valley Health Region (FVHR).
Remote patient monitoring ( RPM) is a technology to enable monitoring of patients outside of conventional clinical settings, such as in the home or in a remote area, which may increase access to care and decrease healthcare delivery costs. RPM involves the constant remote care of patients by their physicians, often to track physical symptoms ...
Telemedicine offers a wide range of benefits, with the ultimate goal of better health outcomes. These benefits are also the reasons why so many people often opt for this type of care. The benefits ...
Method 1: Radial pulse. To check your pulse using this method, you’ll be finding the radial artery. Place your pointer and middle fingers on the inside of your opposite wrist just below the ...
Monitoring (medicine) Display device of a medical monitor as used in anesthesia. A patient of an intensive care unit in a German hospital in 2015, with a monitoring screen displaying a graphical electrocardiogram, the heart rate and blood pressure all in real time. In medicine, monitoring is the observation of a disease, condition or one or ...
A Holter monitor records your heart activity nonstop for a day or two. You wear it as you go about your usual activities and overnight. Your cardiologist, or heart doctor, may order it for you if ...
Place your arm on a table so that it is level with your heart. During the reading, sit still. Once the reading is finished, wait a few minutes and take it again. Then average the two readings ...
A healthy heart rate for adults over 18 is usually between 60 and 100 beats per minute (bpm). Your number may vary. The best time to measure your resting heart rate is just after you wake up in ...