Tellu and Qumea strengthen healthcare services in Agder

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Tellu is the primary supplier of welfare technology for municipalities in Agder. The company delivers a comprehensive service offering, with the TelluCare platform serving as the central hub for welfare technology for municipalities in the region. Through the platform, different technologies can be combined—such as personal safety alarms, medication dispensers, traditional sensors, and multisensors—into solutions that cover the entire continuum of care.

These range from digital home visits and digital home monitoring through the TelluVisit solution, to digital supervision adapted to individual needs and privacy requirements through the TelluVision solution. All solutions are tailored both to the user’s situation and to the organisation of municipal services. This provides greater flexibility and makes it easier to adopt new technology step by step, without locking municipalities into a single supplier or solution.

Within this ecosystem, Tellu has established a collaboration with the Swiss company QUMEA, which develops radar-based technology for digital supervision.

– Together, this makes it possible to offer radar-based, multisensor and traditional sensor-based solutions for digital supervision in institutional settings, says Rune Wilhelmsen, Service Development Manager at Tellu.

He points out that the combination of technologies gives municipalities greater freedom in how solutions are configured and implemented.

– Experience from the collaboration in Agder has so far been very positive.

Tellu offers radar-based, multisensor and traditional sensor-based solutions for digital supervision in institutional settings 📸 Tellu

Technology that provides better overview and more targeted follow-up

Several municipalities in the region have already adopted Tellu’s solutions, as well as the radar-based solution from QUMEA.

At Feviktun nursing and care centre in Grimstad, radar-based digital supervision is being implemented in 56 rooms. The goal is to prevent falls, detect unrest at an earlier stage, and provide staff with better overview in their daily work. Experience shows that regular routine rounds can to a greater extent be replaced by more targeted follow-up, where staff respond when there is an actual need.

At Venneslaheimen nursing and care centre in Vennesla, experiences have also been positive.

– This is technology that improves care and nursing and enables us to increase quality. We do not experience less human contact, but better contact, says unit manager Ann-Cathrin Løvli.

– In one month, the number of fall incidents was reduced from 13 to three. Just imagine what such a reduction means in terms of reduced pain, human suffering and use of resources.

Staff also point to another effect: better overview in their daily work. When staff receive alerts directly on their mobile phones when a resident leaves the bed or shows signs of unrest, it becomes easier to prioritise correctly – especially during night shifts when staffing levels are lower. The radar technology is also perceived as less intrusive, as it detects movement without displaying images.

– We are seeing strong interest in modern digital supervision based on radar technology in Agder, and the collaboration with Tellu makes it easier for municipalities to adopt solutions that are future-oriented, privacy-friendly and clinically relevant, says Morten Kirkedam Blakstad at QUMEA.

– Together, we can offer a broad range of functionalities, giving municipalities the flexibility to choose what best suits their users and services.

The radar technology is perceived as less intrusive, as it detects movement without displaying images. 📸QUMEA

Part of a larger ecosystem

The collaboration between Tellu and QUMEA is part of a larger health technology ecosystem in the Agder region. For several years, Norway Health Tech has received support from Agder County Council to strengthen the health industry in the region. The aim has been to develop the health technology ecosystem and facilitate collaboration between actors in the region.

– The ambition is to create more innovation – and to lay the foundation for a stronger health industry in the region, says Arild Kristensen, COO of Norway Health Tech.

He points out that the collaboration between Tellu and QUMEA illustrates how actors within the cluster can combine expertise and technology to deliver comprehensive solutions to the health services.

– When suppliers come together and combine technology and expertise, they are stronger – both in their engagement with municipalities and in international competition, Kristensen concludes.

Read more about Tellu and their solutions HERE.
Read more about QUMEA and their solutions HERE.