Key result
Co-designing a digital cardiac rehabilitation referral assistant identifies evolving patient needs for transition companion technology.
Why the study?
Cardiac rehabilitation is underutilized due to an underperforming referral process driven by factors such as patients' lack of information.
Co-designing a digital companion with patients and healthcare professionals can help map patient needs and provide design implications to support the transition from hospital to cardiac rehabilitation.
Supports iterative design of digital rehab companions; leaves open effects on referral rates and adherence in practice.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a major global health challenge, compounded by a significant systemic treatment gap: the underutilization of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Central to this issue is the crucial yet underperforming referral process to CR due to various factors, including patients’ lack of information. By co-designing a CR referral assistant with cardiac patients and healthcare professionals, this work explores how technology can support patient journeys from the acute hospital to CR, overcoming existing healthcare system barriers. This work (1) contributes a map of patients’ evolving needs tailored to their pathway, (2) provides design implications for interactive digital health technologies aiming to facilitate patient transitions across established healthcare system boundaries, and (3) discusses the potential of technology as a “patient companion” during their transition to CR.
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Höppchen et al. (2024) studied Cardiovascular diseases. Digital CR referral assistant was evaluated. Co-designing a digital cardiac rehabilitation referral assistant identified evolving patient needs and provided design implications for technology as a patient companion during transition to rehab.
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