OpenTeleRehab is a person-centered an open source, multidisciplinary telerehabilitation software connecting rehabilitation professionals with patients to provide remote rehabilitation services. It aims to tackle the lack of rehabilitation professionals, especially at the district and commune level; bring rehabilitation services down to family and community levels by equipping the hospital-based professionals and families with a user-friendly communication tool for follow-up instruction and advice; to lower the costs for the patients, especially those not covered by medical insurance, by reducing transportation and living costs during hospital stay; prevent repetitive hospital stays for persons with long-term needs for rehabilitation, and provide support to children that require a rehabilitation setting at home.The OpenTeleRehab application is a combination of 3 service users to improve access to rehabilitation services and contribute to universal health coverage by facilitating discharge, transition of care and follow-up. The software allows its users to access tailor-made rehabilitation treatment plans adapted to a variety of conditions. It enables rehabilitation professionals to provide continued support and follow-up via chat or video communication, including plan adherence and goal achievement tracking.
OpenTeleRehab is a combination of 3 different modules that interact with each other to help therapists and patients with rehabilitation treatment. The system aims to have a digital environment for therapists and patients to interact based on an arranged treatment plan. The first module is a web application for Administrators that can to manage the contents, users and users of the system settings. The second module is a web application for Therapists where they can manage their patients and manage their treatment plans. Lastly, the to manage patient accounts, design treatment plans, set up appointments and organize communication. The third module is a mobile application for Patients to help them follow the treatment plan given by their therapist and contact them for consultationspatients to access tailor-made treatment plans and get in contact with therapists.
A satellite open access web app, OpenTeleRehab Library, allows the public to access, review and contribute to a global telerehabilitation clinical library of contents (Exercises, Information and Education Materials and Questionnaires).
Key Features
Admin Portal
The Admin Portal is for organizational administrators who manage the therapists and provide the library content to support therapists to create treatment plans for patients. The portal enables administrators to manage all content related to other modules. It should allow bulk uploads of content to be used and be as flexible as possible to support the related apps. Access to the portal is further customized based on the user's role which can be any of the following: Global Admin, Country Admin , and Clinic Service Admin.
Therapist Portal
The Therapist Portal allows therapists to manage their patients and facilitate the creation of treatment plans for them. The portal allows a therapist to create their own exercises, education materials and questionnaires for their patient and also copy existing content available in the library. The therapists can also monitor the rehabilitation progress of patients and make direct contact via message, voice, and video callcalls. The portal supports patient information management and appointment management.
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The Patient Mobile App is designed to assist allow patients to follow access the treatment plan given designed by the therapist. It displays the scheduled activities for the day and the progress the patients have made. The activities are shown as easy-to-read cards that include exercises with pictures and instructions, questionnaires and feedback forms, and educational reading education and information materials that the patient can access. It also supports chat and call features that allow the patients to be in contact with their therapists. Patients can also manage their appointments with their therapist.
OpenTeleRehab Library
The OpenTeleRehab Library is a satellite open-access platform where telerehabilitation clinical contents (Exercises, Education Materials and Questionnaires) are publicly available. Visitors of the Library can access, review and submit new clinical content. Submitted clinical content(s) (Exercises, Education Materials and Questionnaires) are reviewed by a team of moderators. Once approved, the submitted clinical content(s) can be seen on the website.