A new iPhone-based app may help patients who survived a heart attack to maintain their health and reduce the number of hospital readmissions, according to a study.
\nThe \u201cCorrie\u201d app is the first cardiology app for the Apple CareKit platform and is designed to help patients navigate the hospital discharge process by educating them about heart disease.<\/p>\n
The app allows them to keep track of medications, follow-up appointments and lifestyle changes needed after a heart attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have found that there are many gaps in care in patients recovering from a heart attack,\u201d said lead author William Yang, from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, US.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to engage patients in their own care, and help them transition from the hospital to home using existing technology,\u201d Yang added.<\/p>\n
Heart attack patients \u201cmay suddenly have new doctors and more medical visits, including cardiac rehab, and the app helps them track and centralise all those appointments\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
The app helps patients to keep track of all their medications, including how much to take and at what time.<\/p>\n
It also syncs with the Apple Watch to monitor heart rate and keep track of how much they are walking and with a Bluetooth blood pressure monitor.<\/p>\n
Yang said the app has also proven useful to patients even while they were still in the hospital as it allows patients to store important medical information on the app.<\/p>\n
The results were presented at the American College of Cardiology\u2019s Cardiovascular Summit in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
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