According to recent studies published in international journals, it has been confirmed that the reduction of walking volume after surgery is positively correlated with the readmission rate. This study collected 215 patients with an average age of 63 years old, and through the monitoring of mobile devices after discharge, it was able to accurately predict that if the daily walking volume (stepcount) decreased by more than half for two consecutive days after discharge, the probability of the patient being readmitted to the hospital was high, and the accuracy rate of this prediction method was about 9%, showing the importance of monitoring the daily activity of patients in post-discharge care.
Ding Yuzhi, former senior head nurse of the Beirong Cardiology Unit, said that the continuous care of patients after discharge is the pain point of current medical care, although patients and their families try their best to follow the guidance provided at the time of discharge, due to the lack of continuous monitoring and professional advice, the road to recovery for most patients is full of uncertainty.
Harvest Health Integration Group, a provider of new medical benefits and patient support plan management services, today proposed a PatientsForce Companion Cardiovascular Care Program that integrates data into a digital care platform with Garmin health monitoring watches, where professional caregivers monitor metric data collected from healthy wearables to provide patients with personalized rehabilitation plans and lifestyle recommendations. This personalized care helps to improve the efficiency of the patient’s recovery and also enhances the patient’s self-confidence. At the same time, combined with the support of medical professionals in remote care services, patients can easily consult or arrange medical treatment with professional teams such as physicians, pharmacists, dietitians and rehabilitation therapists through the LINE@ messaging app.
Nurse Ding Yuzhi said that this innovative home care model not only provides patients and their families with more reassuring and efficient rehabilitation accompanying care, but also provides a new tool for medical professionals to help them achieve a continuous rehabilitation management plan and improve the compliance of patients’ medical instructions, so that continuous care can be extended from the hospital to the individual, providing affordable and purposeful care services, and achieving the purpose of patient-centered care through closer information integration with medical institutions.
