Postoperative Remote Automated Monitoring and Virtual Hospital-to-Home Care System Following Cardiac and Major Vascular Surgery: User Testing Study.

Michael H McGillion Carley Ouellette Amber Good Marissa Bird Shaunattonie Henry Wendy Clyne Andrew Turner Paul Ritvo Sarah Ritvo Nazari Dvirnik Andre Lamy Richard P Whitlock Christopher Lawton Jake Walsh Ken Paterson Janine Duquette Karla Sanchez Medeiros Fadi Elias Ted Scott Joseph Mills Deborah Harrington Mark C Field Prathiba Harsha Stephen Su Yang Elizabeth Peter Sanjeev P Bhavnani Philip J Devereaux

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2020)

User testing indicated a high degree of user acceptance of Philips' Guardian and eTrAC systems among nurses and patients. Key insights were provided that informed refinement of clinical workflow training and systems implementation. These results were used to optimize workflows before the launch of an international RCT of in-hospital RAM and virtual hospital-to-home care for patients undergoing cardiac and major vascular surgery.

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