COVID-19: Avoid unnecessary doctor visits
Help for people with high blood pressure
Routine check-ups are essential for people with high blood pressure. But when the healthcare system is under strain, non-urgent visits to doctors or clinics should be avoided, especially since people with high blood pressure are in a COVID-19 risk group. The Tensana app provides a solution – now free during the emergency!The rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus across almost all European countries is creating dramatic situations, especially in healthcare. While the healthcare system in Italy is already collapsing, other countries are trying to prevent similar horrific scenarios in medical care. Everyone can help by avoiding non-urgent consultations with doctors.
Help for people with high blood pressure
But what about people with high blood pressure who, without proper blood pressure control, monitoring and medication, can be at serious risk-and who are also part of the COVID-19 risk group? Experts recommend using "telemonitoring", that is, remote monitoring of blood pressure.
The Tensana app, developed in Germany for such purposes back in 2011, is already very helpful in its free version. Now the operators have decided to make all premium features available to free accounts for the duration of the emergency measures.
Premium app-free during the crisis
You can download the app for free from Apple's and Google's app stores. It's also possible to connect directly to blood pressure monitors via Bluetooth.
With the Tensana app you can record measurements, enter readings, create personalized overviews, monitor medication and calculate supplies. PDF reports with statistics and charts can be sent to your doctor by email or provided as printouts.
SciTIMŪ integration eases the burden on doctors
The SciTIMŪ platform, developed with the support of the German Hypertension League, is integrated into the Tensana app. Measurements and vital signs are sent directly from the app to the relevant practice software. That means less work for doctors in checking and managing the data patients send via the app. By using interventional decentralized blood pressure telemonitoring idTMŪ, doctors can also interact directly with patients through the software if abnormalities are detected-for example, to change medication or prescribe other measures.
With the Tensana app, patients with high blood pressure and their doctors can keep track of the important values, reduce the risk of infection for themselves and others, and help keep urgently needed healthcare capacity available.
Just download the app and register. Every free account is automatically upgraded to the premium features: tensana.app
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Horst Klier originally developed the portal tensana.app in 2009 for his own use as a person affected by high blood pressure. The smartphone apps followed in 2011. Use has been and remains free, though it was supported early on by voluntary donations. From this, Tensana later developed a subscription model with premium features. During the coronavirus crisis, users can also use the premium features free of charge.
