Vancouver, British Columbia-based Reliq Health, which develops mobile health and telemedicine products for Community-Based Healthcare, is working with UK National Health Services system on a pilot to explore remote patient-monitoring solutions.

Now actively enrolling patients from the Imperial College Hospital in London, the pilot seeks to assess how Reliq Health’s platform can help improve health outcomes and cut down costs for people with chronic conditions after a hospital visit.

"We are very excited to be launching our pilot with the NHS England and enrolling patients at our pilot site, Dr. Lisa Crossley, CEO of Reliq Health said in a statement. " Our platform uses a combination of secure cloud-based software, voice technology, wearables and sensors to support patients and their loved ones in proactively managing their chronic conditions at home, reducing exacerbations and disease-related complications, decreasing healthcare costs and enhancing patient and family satisfaction."

Reliq’s platform tries to emulate a hospital by creating a fully automated “virtual hospital ward” in the patient’s home. The platform allows for real-time tracking of vital signs, medication adherence and activity within their home, and provides audible reminder alerts for a host of tasks – taking medication, taking their vitals, doing their prescribed activities or physical therapy exercises. The Reliq Health platform also provides educational materials so patients and their families can better understand and manage their conditions.

With the estimated 15 million people in England living with one or more chronic conditions, the NHS England estimates that improvements in self-care in this population could result in almost $740 million (584 million British pounds) in savings.