Using wearables, mobile devices to measure surgery outcomes reduces strain on ERs, study finds

Becker's Healthcare November 22, 2021
Hannah Mitchell

Complications following a discharge after surgery are common, but mobile devices and wearables present an opportunity to mitigate these risks and reduce strain on emergency departments, according to a Nov. 12 report published in Nature Digital Medicine.

For its study, researchers from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom examined studies involving patients who underwent surgery involving a skin incision and outcomes were measured with digital health interventions. There were 6,969 articles screened and 44 included in the research. More than half the studies were conducted in the United States.

Four study insights:

1. Researchers found that acquiring wound data from...

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