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A digital platform developed at UPMC helps patients prep for surgery and speeds recovery.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Researchers compared 128 Pip Care patients who were scheduled for elective abdominal, spine or total joint replacement surgery to 268 peers scheduled for the same surgeries at the same hospitals who did not use Pip Care.
– Pip Care patients remained hospitalized after surgery for 2.4 days, while non-Pip patients stayed for 3.1 days. Pip Care patients had a 49% lower risk of being readmitted to the hospital within a week of discharge, compared to their non-Pip counterparts.
– The patients who received Pip Care averaged 6.7 sessions with their digital health coach, with 82% attending sessions at least once a week....
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