A digital health product for cardiac rehabilitation.

The problem

The CR program at the clinic includes individual exercises, goals, counselling sessions, educational information and behavioural change techniques to assist patients across their cardiac rehab journey and consequently reduce the burden amongst clinicians.

Despite the effectiveness of CR when it comes to improving quality of life and health outcomes in cardiac patients, attendance rates in the UK remain relatively low. Across England, a significant patient dropout rate is seen in terms of adhering to their cardiac rehab programme, leading to increased relapse and reduced recovery rates amongst these patients. This consequently leads to increased demands on healthcare professionals and the healthcare system when it comes to managing patients, assisting recovery and providing quality care.

The CR program at the clinic includes individual exercises, goals, counselling sessions, educational information and behavioural change techniques to assist patients across their cardiac rehab journey and consequently reduce the burden amongst clinicians.

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Our solution

Beat Better was developed using HealthMachine to help patients through their entire cardiac rehabilitation journey.

We created Beat Better to help improve patient adherence to cardiac treatment, allowing a smoother patient journey to recovery and a subsequent reduction in clinician burden, leading to improved outcomes for the patient during their recovery. The product consists of a patient-centred app and a web-based platform for clinicians.

The Patient App incorporates behaviour change techniques to bring about positive behaviour change in patients undergoing cardiac rehab. The app comprises a range of features including:

• Educational resources and guidance

• Tracking and self-monitoring of relevant health data identified by their clinicians

• Lifestyle modification suggestions including exercise and dietary recommendations

• Notifications to improve patient adherence

• Links to external support and useful resources  

The Clinician’s Web Interface is an online platform aimed at improving patient management and providing greater visibility into a patient’s health, particularly between in-person appointments at the clinic. The HCP Portal enables care providers to:

• Register patients on the platform

• Manage patients through various stages of the care pathway

• Gain visibility into health data reported by individual patients to make timely decisions

The digital health product includes the following key features:

• Patient health tracking for symptoms, vitals and mood

• Self-monitoring to see trends in patient-entered data

• Educational support to learn about heart health, rehab and symptom recognition

• Useful resources

• Simplified patient management

• Secure and user-friendly platform

Avegen has applied key behavioural change techniques and evidence-based support mechanisms such as reminders, motivational messaging and positive feedback throughout the product to encourage adoption and continued engagement among users.

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