Led by What Works Centre for Wellbeing and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
During phase 1, the team identified new wearable devices technology currently in development that means that patients receiving at home kidney dialysis will be able to take potassium readings at home using remote technology. The team worked with people with lived experience and clinicians to understand how to embed technology to embed trust and confidence and the patient/clinician relationship at the heart.

Why this project

The team are developing a set of principles product that describe what matters to patients and staff in the implementation of remote technology for kidney care.
They are hoping the focus on trust and confidence will inform commissioning and implementation when wearables come into use to make sure that the focus of the patient/clinician relationship (particularly evident in long term kidney care) is enhanced. As found more broadly in the programme there is little agreement about how to measure trust and confidence in technology implementation so there is a strong potential for others to adopt this tool in different clinical settings.