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Seamless Patient Path (SPP)

Pillar B - Seamless Patient Path (SPP).

- explores new possibilities for individualized treatment that allow the shortest and most comfortable hospital stay possible without compromising on the quality and safety of treatment. With this approach, complication risks and thus treatment costs can be kept low at the same time. The technological focus here is on mobile sensors, also known as wearables. Wearables can supplement the point-by-point recording of vital signs by trained personnel that is common today and enable new treatment procedures, which we are investigating in three subprojects: In B.1 (Weareable-based Continuous Patient Monitoring), we develop and validate a wearables-based system for continuous monitoring of patients. In B.2 (Hospital in Motion) we measure the activity of patients with wearables with the aim of improving early mobilization and thus the recovery process of patients. In B.3 (Hospital @ Home), we focus on making the time immediately after a hospital stay better and safer. The distribution of tasks between hospital and home aftercare is being rethought.

The "Pillar B" projects

B.1: Wearable-based continuous patient monitoring

A deterioration in health is often signalled by changes in individual vital signs. The earlier this is recognised, the earlier it is possible to react and potentially prevent an unfavourable course.

B.2: Hospital in Motion - Prevention of complications through activity monitoring in hospital

Lack of exercise in hospitalised patients is a widespread problem that often causes complications and impairs recovery. Inactivity is associated with a loss of balance control, an increase in blood pressure and pulse rate, a reduction in FEV1 (the…

B.3: Hospital @ Home - smooth transition of patients from hospital to home through the use of…

The transition from hospitalisation to home care is a critical phase in the treatment process. Hospitalisation can be prolonged after the end of acute therapy until there is sufficient certainty that the transfer back to the home environment will be…