The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare
This year I had the pleasure of attending Stanford’s Medicine X conference for a second time as an Oral Ignite presenter. The presentation focused on some of the barriers the …
a mobile post-operative wound evaluator a patient-centered app for tracking surgical wounds at home
Try the Demo How it WorksA mobile app for tracking symptoms of infection after surgery, monitoring your incision with photos, and communicating with your surgical team, right from your smartphone
A web interface to track post-discharge recovery of a single patient over time, to monitor multiple patients across a practice or surgical service, and to improve communication efficiency
A system to help avoid costly uncompensated readmissions and to monitor and report population health measures, including quality and performance indicators
Optimized for iOS, Android, and Windows Devices (also available on desktop)
Optimized for a Tablet or Larger Screen (also available on mobile)
The Mobile Post-Operative Wound Evaluator (mPOWEr) is the first and only mHealth application to address the risk surgical patients face after they are discharged from the hospital and before their follow-up appointment. mPOWEr bridges the gap in care during the inpatient to outpatient transition by more effectively managing post-operative communication from patients to providers. Using the patient’s own mobile device, mPOWEr provides access to post-op evaluation and care in an efficient and patient-centered manner. Optimizing communication for patients and standardizing processes for healthcare providers can lead to earlier detection and treatment of Surgical Site Infections (SSI), reduced healthcare utilization, as well as increased patient satisfaction.
Patients discharged from a hospital can communicate both pictures, symptoms and concerns about possible infection and healing of their surgical incision, using their own mobile device.
Connects patients with providers that actually know them
Allow for secure data transmission of photos and symptom surveys
A resource of information for the patient regarding wound care and recovery
Providers receive well organized, complete information from patients with whom they can easily communicate, increasing the efficient use of their time, and improving patient engagement and satisfaction.
Track all post discharge patients with easy to read dashboard
Easily fits into a clinic’s workflow
Enables reliable tracking and follow-up
Providers can diagnose, prevent, and treat SSI before they result in a hospital readmission
Organizations can improve patient satisfaction and engagement. Earlier recognition of postoperative infections decreases their severity, decreases costs of treatment, and decreases the likelihood of expensive and uncompensated readmissions.
The mPOWEr mHealth app holds the promise of decreasing hospital readmissions due to SSI, decreasing over-utilization of care to evaluate SSI concerns and increasing patient satisfaction through targeted and personalized communication. Data collected by mPOWEr also allows for monitoring and reporting population health measures, including quality and performance indicators.
I was worried about one of my patients but being able to follow their wound recovery really put my mind at ease.
I don't think I would have caught the beginning stages of a small infection along my stomach incision had I not taken pics to upload... So we were able to get in and get started on antibiotics early!
The intern said she appreciated having that record of photos to quickly pull up and show the chief resident.
This year I had the pleasure of attending Stanford’s Medicine X conference for a second time as an Oral Ignite presenter. The presentation focused on some of the barriers the …
Ed. note: This summer, mPOWEr team member and UW BHI PhD student Ross Lordon had the opportunity to work with the Patient Engagement Team at Microsoft Research (MSR) as a …
mPOWEr patient advisor, Brian Do, is this year’s Mary’s Fund awardee through the CERTAIN Patient Advisory Network (PAN). The Mary Scott Memorial Fund was created by CERTAIN to provide patient involvement opportunities …
The mobile Post-Operative Wound Evaluator (mPOWEr) is a project in the University of Washington School of Medicine and School of Nursing, with the support of UW CoMotion.