Remedus is the Belgian specialist in hospitalization at home. Since the foundation in 2002, Remedus delivers home care services for patients with chronic and rare diseases based on an approach that combines logistics, education and communication. This successful approach and the team of highly qualified and experienced educational nurses makes Remedus a reliable coordinator of home care pathways and an effective link between primary and secondary health care professionals. Besides accompanying the start of the therapy at home, Remedus continuously guides patients and their carers during their therapy at home in different ways. For this purpose, an e-learning platform, a communication- and monitoring platform and a tablet/smartphone application are developed. As an independent company, Remedus cooperates with all Belgian hospitals and has his action radius in nutrition therapy, infusion therapy, wound therapy, oxygen therapy, coaching patients for adherence and educating patients in the use of auto-injectors. Since 2012, Remedus is involved in a clinical study on the follow-up of heart failure patients by measuring BNP at home. In HEREiAM project, REMEDUS will have a central role in the pilot application in Benelux and will be involved in user-centred design, concept development, system integration, prototype testing, pilot testing, evaluation, exploitation and dissemination activities.

Contact person: Jo Ravelingien (jo.ravelingien@remedus.be)
Website: http://www.remedus.be/nl/