“Be with me and stay with me”: Insights from Co-Designing a Digital Companion to Support Patients Transitioning from Hospital to Cardiac Rehabilitation

I Höppchen, Josef Niebauer (Co-author), Eva-Maria Strumegger, ST Kulnik, F Pfannerstill, F Young, A Meschtscherjakov, J Smeddinck, D Wurhofer

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Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a major global health challenge,
compounded by a significant systemic treatment gap: the underuti-
lization 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 profes-
sionals, this work explores how technology can support patient
journeys from the acute hospital to CR, overcoming existing health-
care system barriers. This work (1) contributes a map of patients’
evolving needs tailored to their pathway, (2) provides design impli-
cations 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 compan-
ion” during their transition to CR.

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