![]() ![]() Should the trials prove successful, the programme could then be tested in other ways. As Professor Cathie Sudlow, Director of the BHF Data Science Centre, explained: “ To ensure that the assessment of DERIC is independent, the companies involved in developing DERIC – ConnectedLife, Fitbit and Google Health – will not access patient medical records or be involved in the analysis of the trial results”. Patient data from during the trial will not be accessible to the tech companies involved. ![]() The hope is that this may improve completion rates in cardiac rehab, as well as making virtual rehab more effective in improving people’s health. The app, coupled with the Fitbits, will allow care teams to access information about their patients, to then use when having conversations and exchanging messages with those patients about their care plan. Hospitals are increasingly offering “virtual” cardiac rehab that people can complete at home, as a way of trying to increase uptake. However, despite these benefits, “ UK hospitals consistently fail to achieve targets for cardiac rehabilitation uptake and completion…Women and those from deprived areas, who are already at higher cardiovascular risk, have poorer rates of cardiac rehabilitation uptake and programme completion.”Īround 50,000 people a year do NHS cardiac rehab. Rehab services are believed to “reduce the risk of heart attacks, death and hospitalisation lower healthcare costs and improve quality of life”. It could lead to better condition management and potentially reduce the burden on the healthcare system.”Īccording to Health Data Research UK (the national institute for health data science) more than 100,000 patients use cardiac rehab services each year. Nicola Maxwell, from Fitbit, said: “This collaboration helps doctors, nurses and other health professionals to remotely monitor their patients. This can then be shared with the patient’s care team, to support their rehabilitation. The ConnectedLife mobile app then allows patients to add further information, including weight, blood pressure, diet and other health data. In other words, it makes it easier for the patient to collect this information to share with their care team. Andrew Edmunds, Director of Innovation at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, told us: “ The Fitbit activity monitor is an efficient and objective way of collecting and storing this information rather than patients self-reporting.” The DERIC programme will use Fitbit smartwatches to measure heart rate, rhythm and monitor both general activity and exercise levels. Cardiac rehab is a programme of exercise, support and information sessions to help patients recovering from a heart attack or heart surgery. These trusts are working in collaboration with Fitbit, Google and ConnectedLife, using smartwatch data and a connected app to enable cardiac rehabilitation to be delivered to patients in their own homes. These are the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Three NHS healthcare trusts are taking part in testing the Digitally Enhanced Rehabilitation in Cardiac Patients (DERIC) care platform.
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