May 18, 2018
ECRI Institute: Boston Medical Center wins 2018 Health Devices Achievement Award
Editor's Note
The ECRI Institute on May 17 announced that Boston Medical Center had won the 2018 Health Devices Achievement Award for its patient-centric mobile pulmonary care app.
The ICOUGH Recovery app guides patients through the hospitals postoperative pulmonary care protocol, which focuses on:
- Incentive spirometry
- Coughing and deep breathing
- Oral hygiene
- Understanding the value of these actions
- Getting out of bed at least three times daily
- Head of bed elevation.
The app sends notifications to patients’ phones reminding them to perform the activities, and it incorporates gamification and social–support features to promote adherence to protocols.
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