Post-discharge after surgery Virtual Care with Remote Automated Monitoring-1 (PVC-RAM-1) technology versus standard care: randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine if virtual care with remote automated monitoring (RAM) technology versus standard care increases days alive at home among adults discharged after non-elective surgery during the covid-19 pandemic.

Design

Multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Setting

8 acute care hospitals in Canada.

Participants

905 adults (≥40 years) who resided in areas with mobile phone coverage and were to be discharged from hospital after non-elective surgery were randomised either to virtual care and RAM (n=451) or to standard care (n=454). 903 participants (99.8%) completed the 31 day follow-up.

Intervention

Participants in the experimental group received a tablet computer and RAM technology that measured blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, oxyg

SUBMITTER: McGillion MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8477638 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature