Feasibility and Acceptability of Utilizing a Smartphone Based Application to Monitor Outpatient Discharge Instruction Compliance in Cardiac Disease Patients around Discharge from Hospitalization

摘要

In order to improve healthcare quality for patients with several chronic conditions, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 instituted penalties for hospital reimbursement if a patient admitted for myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, or pneumonia was readmitted to the institution within 30 days of the original discharge (Patient Protection Affordable Care Act 2010). As such, hospitals have been faced with identifying patients in these cohorts who may be at high risk for hospital readmission and implementing interventions in hopes of improving patient care and reducing penalties that may be incurred by early readmission [1,2].