Fully funded at-home kidney screening
Minuteful Kidney is now available to GP practices in Hertfordshire and West Essex
Minuteful Kidney in Hertfordshire & West Essex
Minuteful Kidney is a kidney health home testing service provided by the NHS. It enables patients to conduct their annual NICE recommended albumin-to-creatinine (ACR) urine test from home, using a smartphone app and test kit that is distributed directly to them on behalf of their GP practice.
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB are working with Minuteful Kidney on a year long Pilot to allow people living with diabetes to take their annual urinary ACR test from the comfort of home.
By shifting testing out of the practice and into patients’ homes, the Minuteful Kidney service has been shown to increase ACR uptake by up to 72%, helping to early detect CKD to improve the health and access to care for at-risk patients while freeing up GP time.
The fully-funded service is delivered in partnership with NHS, the Accelerated Access Collaborative and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
Why Minuteful Kidney
- Fully funded service by Hertfordshire and West Essex
- Supports practice workload management
- Quick and easy implementation
- Addresses backlogs in chronic disease management
- Improves uptake of annual urinary ACR care process to ensure early identification of chronic kidney disease
- Integrates with SystmOne / EMIS
How it works
Reach patients who are not engaging with traditional models of kidney testing by allowing them to self-test when it’s most convenient, without leaving their home.
Send a kit
ACR (Albumin to Creatinine Ratio) test kit is sent to eligible patients
Test at home
Patients test at home using their smartphone
Get results
Results immediately available for doctor review and follow-up
Clinical Director and GP, Fountain Medical Centre
Patients prefer home testing
Practices found the test helpful in overcoming day-to-day challenges
preferred testing at home vs. testing at the clinic
Out of 5 star rating on the Google Play and Apple App stores
Clinical-grade testing from home
The chronic kidney disease early detection service increases adherence to annual urinary albumin to creatinine ratio (ACR) testing, which is known to be beneficial in the early detection and prevention of CKD, is recommended by NICE, and monitored by the National Diabetes Audit.
The test is built around the existing ACR point of care dipstick. It measures semi quantitative analysis of microalbumin (10 – 150 mg/L), creatinine (10 – 300mg/dL) and albumin to creatinine ratio (mg/g).
Results are expressed as ACR normal (<3mg/mmol), ACR abnormal (3-30mg/mmol) or ACR high abnormal (> 30mg/mmol).
The product is CE marked, GDPR compliant, and follows industry standards for privacy and safety.
Schedule a call with us
This project is fully funded for all GP practices in Hertfordshire and West Essex.
To onboard with Minuteful Kidney, please submit this form. Then, select a time / date that suits you best for an onboarding meeting.
Our team will provide an overview of Minuteful Kidney and answer any questions you may have. After this, we’ll focus on getting your practice set up.
Schedule your meeting today, to get started.
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Footnotes
- Judith Shore, Michelle Green, Andrew Hardy & Deborah Livesey (2019): The compliance and cost-effectiveness of smartphone urinalysis albumin screening for people with diabetes in England, Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, DOI: 10.1080/14737167.2019.1650024
