Key Takeaways

• Graphnet Health will provide Jersey’s Family Nursing and Home Care with the island’s first large-scale remote monitoring service.
• The project, funded by a £800,000 CareTech grant, will help monitor vulnerable patients’ health at home.
• Initial focus on frailty and falls will support 100 residents, expanding to include diabetes and wound care in the following year.

Innovative Remote Monitoring in Jersey

Graphnet Health has been chosen by Jersey’s Family Nursing and Home Care (FNHC) to implement the island’s first large-scale remote monitoring service. With projections indicating a 30% increase in the population aged 65 and over by 2040, including a significant rise in those living into their 80s, this initiative is timely.

Under the contract, FNHC will utilize Graphnet’s remote monitoring technology, enhanced by Luscii, to oversee the health of vulnerable islanders in their homes and local communities. FNHC chief executive Rosemarie Finley emphasized the importance of this project in addressing health issues that frail patients face, including falls, poorly managed wounds, and chronic conditions like diabetes. She noted that the innovative technology will allow FNHC teams to monitor patients closely without adding undue stress to either patients or staff.

The initiative is backed by the Impact Jersey CareTech Challenge program, which has granted FNHC nearly £800,000 for the deployment of this digital health monitoring system. Using the Graphnet app and connected devices, both patients and caregivers will be able to record essential health metrics, such as blood pressure and weight, as well as submit images of wounds. Clinicians from FNHC will access this information in real-time and receive alerts if any readings are outside of established parameters, allowing for timely interventions when a patient’s health begins to decline.

Beginning in January 2026, the focus will initially be on monitoring frailty and falls, providing support for 100 patients on a rolling basis. The second year of the project will introduce additional pathways for managing diabetes and wound care, thus extending support to another 100 patients concurrently.

Tom Muller, remote monitoring lead at Graphnet Health, highlighted Jersey’s unique approach to healthcare, citing this project as an inspiring example of how a self-governing Crown Dependency can leverage data and digital tools to transform care delivery. He expressed excitement about the project’s potential to allow FNHC clinicians to prioritize their time effectively while reassuring patients that their health will be continuously monitored.

Evidence from similar programs in England indicates that integrating remote monitoring with population health data can significantly reduce emergency hospital admissions and visits to A&E by as much as 50% for certain groups. Graphnet and Luscii have also announced the launch of the Graphnet RM integrated platform, which combines remote monitoring capabilities with shared care records and population health data, further enhancing the potential impacts of this initiative.

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