Chronic Pain & Palliative Care Management
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Chronic Pain & Palliative Care Management Rythmic™ Evolution & MP mlh+ Freedom without clinical compromise

As home care becomes an increasingly vital step in a patient’s care journey, chronic and palliative pain care is evolving, and this is driving the need for more versatile infusion solutions to manage patients. This ensures improved patient experience while enabling Health Care Professional (HCPs) to deliver optimal patient care without compromise. As a company that specialises in developing advanced technology infusion devices, we are working with HCPs to meet the challenges of chronic and palliative pain management – designing and developing devices that enable delivery of improved patient...

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Challenges within chronic & palliative pain care Increasing demand Hospitals and healthcare facilities are under ever growing demand, putting great strain on HCPs to provide pain relief for patients safely and efficiently. Palliative care in hospital environments, especially, is often sub-optimal, leaving patients and family complaining of inadequate pain relief.1,2 Seeking greater mobility Infusion carried out through static equipment with a pole restricts patients’ movement. Maintaining mobility is physically and mentally very important for chronic patients who want to get on with life....

Optimal pain management Rythmic™ Evolution is an ambulatory infusion pump designed to meet the safety, reliability and comfort that HCPs and patients expect. It offers a step change in managing chronic and palliative pain with a host of innovative features, accessories and delivery systems: Intuitive programming Set up is simple and all sets contain pre-assembled components, avoiding additional connections. Interactive Pain Scores Patients can record their pain scores on the pump, which can be linked to bolus demands. Comprehensive ambulatory portfolio A complete range of accessories and...

Monitor patients anytime, anywhere MicrelCare is our web-based care management platform. It gives a view of patients’ infusion status with automatically updated data sent wirelessly, so that HCPs can make truly informed decisions about how to progress. GPRS Wireless and mobile, automatically updated 24/7 Alerts Clinical and device alerts via SMS and email 1 10 Patient pain evolution Quicker response to patient needs Infusion monitoring Track volumes infused vs. remaining Healthcare Network Individual access to patient treatments from different HCPs Bolus monitoring and trends Track bolus...

Getting on with life For chronic pain patients, the Rythmic™ Evolution range enables mobility in a variety of ways: Ultra-portable Rythmic™ Evolution is small, lightweight and highly portable. Therefore it’s discrete, offering patient satisfaction and enabling greater mobility Extended battery life 6 days at 5ml/hr*, which helps keep patients mobile for longer. Variety of carrying solutions Complete range of carrier styles and sizes from 100-200ml, including shoulder and belt bag, and banana bag. * ased on a continuous delivery mode and indicative of battery life, B depending on temperature...

Enabling home care for palliative patients Rythmic™ Evolution provides everything that HCPs need to be able to offer a high standard of care to palliative patients from the dignity of their own home. Home care benefits patients At home palliative care can improve patient satisfaction, ease symptoms and boost quality of life, and require less healthcare resources.4 Home care is efficient and cost-effective Studies show that home care has a positive impact on the quality of care, and even brings cost savings in comparison to hospital care, for end-of-life patients.3

Meeting the needs of HCPs and patients Interactive pain scores Rythmic™ Evolution gives patients more control over their pain than traditional pain management, as patients are able to record their numerical pain score or request a bolus at any time. This information is instantly transmitted to MicrelCare, so that HCPs can act quickly and easily. Reassurance on both sides While patients are empowered over their pain, they have the comfort of knowing a HCP is monitoring their treatment through MicrelCare. Simultaneously, HCPs have the reassurance of remotely monitoring infusion related data:...

Go forward with confidence Every aspect of the Rythmic™ Evolution has been considered to ensure that it is designed with both patients and healthcare professionals like you in mind, and is a truly user-friendly infusion pump. We also offer support with implementation and online training to help users get the most out of their new device. ONLINE TRAINING Our online training is available in multiple languages and it covers a number of therapies. The online support videos demonstrate how to use the devices in detail. It’s an efficient way to supplement ongoing training of healthcare providers...

Discover a patient-centred solution To find out more about Rythmic™ Evolution & MP mlh+ go to micrelmed.com