Home telemonitoring in smart rurality: results from the HIS2R interreg feasibility pilot study.

Aims: The Health in Smart Rurality Interreg project aims to assess the feasibility of telemonitoring in rural areas across the Franco-Belgian border among patients affected by heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The objectives were to better understand strengths or barriers to implementing telemonitoring for early detection of potential adverse events, for improving quality of life, communication, and care coordination.

Methods: Using a prospective 6-month observational design, interconnected pads were provided to community-dwelling adults aged over 60 years.

A qualitative study of the perception of nursing home practitioners about the implementation of quality indicators for drug consumption in nursing homes.

Introduction: Nursing homes (NHs) are an ideal environment in which to implement interventions aimed at reducing inappropriate prescriptions. Quality indicators (QIs) may be useful to standardize practices, but it is unclear how they mediate change. In the framework of a quantitative study aimed at reducing the prescription of anticholinergic drugs among NH residents using QIs, we performed a qualitative study to describe the investigators' perception of the utility of QIs.